Let God Be True

"God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged" (Romans 3:4)

True faith rests upon the character of God and asks no further proof than the moral perfections of the One who cannot lie. It is enough that God said it, and if the statement should contradict every one of the five senses and all the conclusions of logic as well, still the believer continues to believe. "Let God be true, but every man a liar" (Romans 3:4), is the language of true faith. Heaven approves such faith because it rises above mere proofs and rests in the bosom of God.

Faith as the Bible knows it is confidence in God and His Son Jesus Christ; it is the response of the soul to the divine character as revealed in the Scriptures; and even this response is impossible apart from the  prior inworking of the Holy Spirit. Faith is a gift of God to a penitent soul and has nothing whatsoever to do with the senses or the data they afford. Faith is a miracle; it is the ability God gives to trust His Son, and anything that does not result in action in accord with the will of God is not faith but something else short of it.

Lord, bestow Your gift of faith on my soul, and let it be enough for me that You have said it. Amen

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God Is God

"But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased" (Psalm 115:3)

My faith does NOT rest on God's promises. My faith rests upon God's "character".

Is this difficult to see? Why are we not stressing this in our evangelical circles? Why are we afraid to declare that people in our churches must come to know God Himself?  Why do we not tell them that they must get beyond the point of making God a lifeboat for their rescue or a ladder to get them out of a burning building? How can we help our people get over the idea that God exists just to help run their businesses or fly their airplanes?

God is NOT a railway porter who carries your suitcase and serves you! God is God. He made heaven and earth. He holds the world in His hand. He measures the dust of the earth in the balance. He spreads the sky out like a mantle. He is the great God almighty. He is not your servant. He is your Father, and you are His child. He sits in heaven, and you are on the earth.

Lord, forgive me for seeing You as a railroad porter who must respond to my beck and call. I fall on my face before the God who created the universe and who does whatever He pleases. Amen

~A. W. Tozer~