Scripture

For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him.

Observation

Come down from heaven Lord and cause the mountains to shake and the nations to tremble. When you came down long ago, you did awesome deeds.

Since the world began, no eye has seen nor ear heard of a God like this one, who works for those who wait on Him.

The Lord welcomes those who walk in His ways, but the people of Israel have not been like that. No one calls on the name of the Lord or asks for mercy.

Yet He is our father. After all the destruction that has happened, will He continue to be silent?

Application

The pagan idea of God, or gods, was that they were unpredictable and likely to cause great suffering unless people offered them sacrifices do mollify them.

But our God is different. He is so different in fact, that nobody has ever heard of anything like it. He does not demand our service; rather, He works for those who wait for him.

This is partnership, not servitude. We wait on God and listen. We make our requests to Him and we listen to His directions. We serve him, but He also works for us.

God is a Father not a distant king. He loves each one of us and is working out our lives so that we become all that we can be in Him.

We need to be careful that we do not start to think of God as our personal assistant, or worse still, as a vending machine of blessings and goodies. It is all about relationship – living and loving.

Prayer

Lord, you are my God. Thank you that you invite me to walk with you each day. Amen.