A Lesson Into the Nature of God

In this age of a lack of accountability and passing the blame, sometimes in life it’s important to be reminded of God’s nature. As the Lord was laying out God’s will for his life, Moses began to second guess God’s power and strength. Subsequently, God provides a simple lesson into His nature. This lesson starts with the basics: the source of hearing, seeing and wisdom.

And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not eloquent or a man of words, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and have a heavy and awkward tongue. ¹¹ And the Lord said to him, Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the dumb, or the deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Is it not I, the Lord? ¹² Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you shall say, Exodus 4:10-12.

Like a parent reprimanding a disobedient child, the Lord reminds Moses of the nature of God. Similar to the rant of Job in the wake of the trials he endured, God turns to His Creator 101 class. “Didn’t I create and give you a mouth? Don’t you realize that I possess the power to make the dumb wise and stutters speak clearly?”

For God’s [holy] wrath and indignation are revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who in their wickedness repress and hinder the truth and make it inoperative. ¹⁹ For that which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness, because God [Himself] has shown it to them. ²⁰ For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiworks). So [men] are without excuse [altogether without any defense or justification], Romans 1:18-20.

In a first century letter to the Church of Rome, the apostle Paul points that the invisible qualities of God’s nature. While Paul doesn’t directly mention a rainbow or sunrise, these attributes are visible to those who take to time to be still, Psalm 46:10. As Americans transition from Thanksgiving to Christmas, may your eyes and mind be open to the nature of God this holiday season.

by Jay Mankus