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Gerry Attrick
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Date Joined Dec 2003
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| Posted 1/7/2005 5:19 AM (GMT -6) |   | The God of Nahum is my God. The God who shows himself in the tsunami is the same God who shows himself to be a refuge in time of trouble, now and forever more. The God whose finger causes the earth to tremble that he might show his wrath #65279;is the same God who is tender and merciful to those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.
Nahum 1:2-8
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God;
the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
The LORD takes vengeance on his foes
and maintains his wrath against his enemies.
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power;
the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,
and clouds are the dust of his feet.
He rebukes the sea and dries it up;
he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither
and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
The mountains quake before him
and the hills melt away.
The earth trembles at his presence,
the world and all who live in it.
Who can withstand his indignation?
Who can endure his fierce anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire;
the rocks are shattered before him.
The LORD is good,
a refuge in times of trouble.
He cares for those who trust in him,
but with an overwhelming flood
he will make an end of Nineveh;
he will pursue his foes into darkness.
[navy]Can I, any more than Nahum the prophet, fully or even adequately apprehend the fullness of God who is at once full of wrath against the ungodly and who reveals his wrath to humans by stirring the ground and causing the sea to rage, even sweeping away many who love him, but also the God who is full of love and tenderness toward the righteous? No, I cannot adequately apprehend God in his fullness, but I believe in him because the Lord has revealed himself to me by opening my eyes to see and my ears to hear him as much as he has shown himself in his Word, in his Son, and in his creative and providential deeds. Must God show himself fully in order for him to reveal himself truly? God forbid, lest we perish in the blazing brilliance of his glory. Must I apprehend the Lord fully in order to know him truly? No, not at all. Who am I, but dust made after his likeness and image? I am obliged by God's self-disclosure to bow before him, ascribing glory to him for his awesome deeds of causing the earth to tremble with the quake and the sea to overflow its borders with the tsunami but also for his gentle touch to preserve the life of an infant girl upon a mattress in the raging sea or for his strange mercy to warn an Indian pastor at night in a distressing dream to flee the region and preserve his life and the lives of his immediate family or for his unusual kindness to another man to whom the Lord brought a pile of floating branches. Through the raging waves the Lord brought many lives to a sudden end but also preserved other lives with kindness so that those who were delivered may see another day. Will they acknowledge the Lord God of heaven and of earth and find him good, a refuge who endures forever?
Both God's fury and his tenderness in his fury move me to tears. Both the horrendous loss of life and the merciful preservation of life stir me to worship. Truly, the Lord is an awesome God!
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