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The Same God

 

The same God.

What does that mean?

Does it seem ---too amazing to be true?

That the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

Is the same God, who through

The blood of Jesus rescues us?

The Bible says,

‘For God so loved the world

That he gave his only begotten son’

The world!

That’s you and me, set free.

He handed us the master key

To endless love, to endless grace.

And as we seek His face

He reveals the essence of who He is.

Unchanging.

Exchanging our sin-sick heart

With the heart of Jesus.

Exchanging all we are for all we can receive

From Him.

Abundant life

Old life to new

Through – Him.                                 

He saved back then, He saves today

 

 

 

He will save tomorrow.

And in our tomorrow is no more sorrow.

The same God.

 

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

Their situation dire

Yet saved from the fire.

When we walk through the fire –

And we will -

We shall not be burned

It’s nothing we’ve earned

It’s a promise from God.

The same God.

The same God who

Showed up for Moses

In a burning bush.

Who divided the sea

To set His people

free.

The same God

Who showed up for Elijah

With a still small voice    

As he hid in a cave.

Helped Elijah be brave

And do what he needed to do.   

The same God

Who showed up for David,

Made him king.

No small thing

For a Shepherd boy.

But oh what joy

To be a man after God’s own heart,

To play his part in the family line

Of the Messiah, the Prince of Peace, the Lamb of God, the Great High priest.

The same God who rescued the disciples in the tempest and Paul in the storm wants to transform

Us.  

Gracious, compassionate,

Slow to anger, abounding in love.

A covenant of love

From generation to generation.

This God - still shows up today.

He’s before us, behind us, He hems us in.

He holds us safe.

He is our fail-safe.

Our refuge,

Our hiding place.

He still cares, He hears our prayers.

He tells us

Our flesh and our hearts may fail but

He is the strength of our hearts

And our portion forever   

And He will never

Leave us.

 

He is the Alpha and the Omega

Who is, and who was and

Who is to come.

The same God.

Immutable

His ways inscrutable.

Perfectly loving

Perfectly merciful

Perfectly faithful

Perfectly Holy

And wholly divine.

The same God.

The only, true God

Our God.

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