Do we have a God or do we have a GOD??!! by Anna

Isaiah 45:18-22 “For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other. “I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain’ ."I, the LORD, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Assemble yourselves and come; Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations. They have no knowledge, who carry the wood of their carved image, and pray to a... god that cannot save. “Tell and bring forth your case; Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from the ancient time? Who has told it from that time? Have not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, a just God and a Savior; There is none besides Me.“Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.”--Isaiah 45:18-22

Okay, hands up if every time you read this you feel like shouting to the world that this LORD is the one you serve. This awe-inspiring, Kingly, give-you-goose-bumps LORD is the one we have the utmost privilege of being allowed to serve. (Yes, I know, weak adjectives. But give me a break; the Bible happens to be the only book in the world capable of rendering me speechless. There you go; that’s the biggest adjective you can get from me.) Reading this a few days ago, I was suddenly and powerfully moved to do a completely undignified dance/jig across our den floor in my sneakers and holding a rather large Bible above my head. (Whether or not I did is none of your business.)

But seriously! Read it over again. See how thrilling it is? It’s a call to arms. It’s a call to abandon humanity’s various false gods, from carved wooden idols of times past and to the modern idols of today. It’s a ringing battle cry. It’s a challenge that none can answer. It’s a declaration exponentially more goose-bump-giving (I know, I know, but it’s all I’ve got!) than the Declaration of Independence. (And trust me, I’ve read the Declaration. That’s some moving stuff.) And, last but certainly not least, it’s a Father’s heartfelt plea for His beloved children to return to Him and be saved. And it manages all those pleas and calls simultaneously, in a few indescribably wonderful verses.

Do we have a God or do we have a GOD??!!