None Like Him: 10 Ways God Is Different from Us

We humans must confess, 'I am because he is.' Only God can say, 'I AM WHO I AM'.

If I am fully known and not rejected by God, how much more ought I to extend grace to my neighbor, whom I know only in part?

Sanctification is the process of learning increasing dependence, not autonomy.

Here is a remarkable truth: God is able to bring eternal results from our time-bound efforts. This is what Jesus intimates when he tells us to store up treasure in heaven rather than on earth. When we invest our time in what has eternal significance, we store up treasure in heaven. This side of heaven, the only investments with eternal significance are people. “Living this day well” means prioritizing relationships over material gain. We cannot take our stuff with us when we die, but, Lord willing, we may feed the hungry and clothe the needy in such a way that an eternal result is rendered. We may speak words that, by the favor of the Lord, transform into the very words of life. This is the calling of the missionary, the magnate, and the mother of small children: spend your time to impact people for eternity.

Knowing who God is matters to us. It changes not only the way we think about him, but the way we think about ourselves. The knowledge of God and the knowledge of self always go hand in hand.

Psalm 139 is not a psalm about me, fearfully and wonderfully made. It is a psalm about my Maker, fearful and wonderful. It is a psalm to inspire awe.

Just as my assurance of salvation rests in the fact that God cannot change, my hope of sanctification rests in the fact that I can

Find freedom in knowing that your human creativity is an echo intended to inspire worship of your Creator. And then, create freely to your heart's delight.

Busyness believes that the time God has given is not adequate. We must redeem the present by leaving time to observe the practice of stillness and the precept of Sabbath, taking on the trusting posture of one who sits at the feet of her Lord.

In a sense, God has a closet filled with infinite secrets about himself, but it contains only priceless treasures, no skeletons.

Over what do I have control? A few very important things. My thoughts, which I can take captive by the power of the Holy Spirit. And if I can control my thoughts, it follows that I can control my attitude—toward my body, my stuff, my relationships, and my circumstances. If my thoughts and attitude are in control, my words will be as well, and my actions. The redeemed obediently submit thought, word, and deed to their heavenly Ruler, trusting uncertainty to him who “works all things according to the counsel of his will” (Eph 1:11). They step away from the throne, acknowledging that they are utterly unqualified to fill

Image-bearing means becoming fully human, not becoming divine. It means reflecting as a limited being the perfections of a limitless God.

Because he is infinitely good, the things that we do not know about God are only good things.

When we fear God rightly, we recognize him for who he truly is: a God of no limits, and therefore, utterly unlike anyone or anything we know.

I have always liked the story in the Gospels in which Jesus awakens from a nap during a storm and tells nature to calm the heck down.

We fervently need God to stay the same—our great hope of salvation lies in his remaining exactly as who he says he is, doing exactly what he has said he will do. As long as his infinite sameness endures, he will not change his mind about setting his love on us. We cannot commit a future sin that will change his verdict, because his verdict was passed with every sin past, present, and future fixed in view. Whom God pronounces righteous will always be righteous. Nothing we could do can remove from us the seal of his promised redemption. Nothing can separate us from the unfailing, unchanging love of this great God, the Rock of our salvation upon which the house of our faith is built.

Rather than casting all your anxieties on the Internet, which cares for no man, cast them on God, for he cares for you (1 Pet. 5:7). Rather than obsessing over the future, learn contentment in your God-ordained innocence of what is to come. Rather than meddling, focus on your own concerns.

God is near whether we feel him to be or not. How mindful we are of this truth will directly affect the way we live.

When we trust him as fully present everywhere, we are finally free to be fully present wherever he has placed us—face-to-face with those we love, seeking the face of God.

Because he does not change, we can rely on the unchanging truth of Scripture.

This side of heaven, the only investments with eternal significance are people.

Turned loose from the myth of human omniscience, we find we are free to mind our own business. The business of every believer is to strive to understand what God has revealed. What he has revealed is sufficient for salvation, needful for godliness, and supremely worth of meditation. It is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy. it becomes the filter through which we learn to choose wisely what additional knowledge is good for our souls. And in choosing well, we employ our minds in loving God as they ought.

Our whole lives as Christ-followers are to be given over to the identification and celebration of the limits God has ordained for us. He lovingly teaches them to us through his Word, through trials, through discipline. He humbles us through these means to remind us that we are not him, nor is anyone or anything else we know.

No hagan nada por egoísmo o vanidad; más bien, con humildad consideren a los demás como superiores a ustedes mismos

The truth of God’s limitless power would be absolutely terrifying were it not paired with the truth of his limitless goodness. He is no evil dictator. He who holds all power is benevolent to his core. This is why we can trust that he is able to work all things for our good.

Nosso registro de nascimento anuncia que somos limitados. Nossas limitações foram planejadas. Gastarmos o restante de nossas vidas negando ou aceitando essa verdade faz toda a diferença na forma como amamos a Deus e os outros.

There is this idea called “the ministry of presence,” and God is perfect at it. “It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed” (Deut. 31:8). When tragedy comes, whether we battle sin or sorrow, we never face these foes alone. His spirit, which hems us in behind and before, also indwells us. He is all around us, and he is in us. How secure are we? His

The raging of the nations can be navigated only by keeping a fixed point in view: the Lord God, seated on his throne.