It's been on my mind recently that when I write about God I tend to contrast two things. His great love and it's indomitable wrath. In fact, one of the names of my songs is that "Wrath". I released it awhile ago, but pulled it back because it wasn't quite right.
It was making me wonder how much I should focus on a thing; or was it that it's such a sharp contrast from what I see in the Christian music scene today. There's a lot of God is Holy, God is Great...Lift Up Your Face...all that is wonderful. Praise God that we sing about the attributes of God. For it is in that, that we find eternal joy. It is the chief end of man to worship God and enjoy that forever. I can remember when that idea would seem like a 'good idea' that I should think about *sometime, rather than food for my stomach.
In my perception, God's love is so great and to be greatly appreciated because his wrath is real! His wrath is revealed in sin and in sickness and disease and destruction and mayhem. And that, is just the first table of wrath. For a day has been fixed when he will pronounce final judgement and the wicked will eat from the second table of wrath and judgement.
I sing about wrath for now because it's what I was most blind to. And in God's wisdom, he's using that attribute to reveal himself to me...that in my apostasy, he shows me a revelation of how he plans to use me. My sinful attributes and wicked condition are the exact inverse and valued in his kingdom inversely proportional. That is to say, that he uses me to seek out immature Christians and challenge them to grow. And apostate christians and challenge them to grow and turn back. Why? Because that's what I was. By God's long-suffering, everlasting kindness and totally unmerited favor, I've been bestowed the riches of his grace.
As Habakkuk the prophet says;
Though the fig tree produce no fruit, though the olive not be yielded, the fields have no crop, the herds not have any produce and the stalls be empty, I will trust in the God of my salvation...He has caused me to walk in high places!
Lo, we walk into such a time as this...I will trust, as my Father's Grace allows, and I will live by faith, inasmuch as I've been called by my Father to be righteous, set apart, holy and made one with him.
May you, by the hearing of the word of God be convicted and rise to a desire to serve him, which is only His doing...but that he might be gloried. Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord!
