REALITIES ABOUT GOD.

God is a supreme being that everyone across the globe talks about on a daily basis.That you talk about something does not mean that you have a sound knowledge about that thing.That people talk about God daily does not mean that they know him well.It is the heart cry of God that his creatures especially mankind whom He created in his image and fashioned in his likeness will have a sound knowledge about him so that they can maximize the benefits of being called his sons/daughters.This message is elaborate enough to give you a sound knowledge about your God and my God.It is my prayer that by the time you read through this write up,your eyes of understanding will be opened to the knowledge of God. THEY THAT DO KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL BE STRONG AND THEY SHALL DO EXPLOITS. REALITY refers to the state of things as they appear to be or as they are,rather than as one might wish them to be.Our wishes cannot change the reality of some things.Reality also refers to the totality of facts concerning something.It sums up the entirety of the truths that wraps up something.It also refers to the actuality,authenticity,certainty,genuineness and validity of things.Whether we like it or not,somethings are real as they are bound to be.We have no choice than to embrace the reality of things.For example.I belong to the male gender,whether I like it or not,I have to embrace that reality.No amount of wishes can turn me to a female.Our acceptance of the reality of God is what will make us strong and consequently make exploits to be part of us.God is real.Although some people don`t believe this but that does not remove the actuality of the fact that He really exists.In fact,it is our acceptance of the reality of his existence that will sustain us here on earth. CREATION is one of the realities about God that we must embrace.God is a creator and He has created all things for his pleasure.The universe is created by him.You are created and fashioned by him in his glorious likeness. *****Everyone is called by my name saith the LORD:For I have created him by my glory,I have formed him:yea I have made him. *

****I have called thee by thy name and I have surname thee. *****You are borne by me from the belly which are carried from the womb and even to your old age,I am He and even to your hoar hairs will I carry you:I have made thee and I will carry and deliver thee. We are his burden and if we can surrender our lives to him,He will surely carry us even till our old age.As God is creative,He has also deposited his creative virtues in us since we are made in his image.This accounts for diverse kinds of creative potentials in people.Our willingness to embrace the creative virtues of God will make us discover ours too.It is the discovery of ours and the ability to trade with them that will make us a celebrity on the face of the earth. RULERSHIP is another fact about God that we must accept.He rules in Heaven and on the earth cos He is in charge.Everything that was created by him is under his rulership.He rules in the affairs of men i.e He rules in my affairs and yours too since He made us.As one created in his image,He has also designated us to be rulers on earth while He rules in Heaven.Our ability to grasp the reality of God`s ruling nature will equip us to be effective rulers here on earth as He has commanded us to be.You have been designed to rule in your school,church,place of work,family etc. *****I saw the LORD sitting on his throne and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. LOVE is another actuality about God that we must hold on to.God is love and everything He is,everything He does is built on the platform of love.The creation of mankind in the beginning is all about love.The redemption of mankind from the cavity of sin and Hell is all about love.The divine idea of rapture and Christ millennial reign has a lot to do with God`s love.His willingness to give us all that we ask of him is based on nothing but his love towards us.His readiness to guide us and protect us,His eagerness to save us,His promptness in helping us,His swiftness to providing for our needs and his aptness in turning our sorrows to joy is indicative of his love towards us.Our willingness to accept and receive God`s love will help us in loving our neighbours and even our enemies. PROVISION is another certainty about God that we have to cherish.God has provisions for every work of his hands.He is JEHOVAH JIREH,the provider of all needs.There is nothing that we need that our heavenly father doesn`t have in possesion since He brought us here.He provides for the birds of the air,the beast of the field,the fishes in the waters and for every of his handy works.If he can take thought of tthe birds,the fishes,the beasts to provide for them,how much more you that is called by his name.He is called the ALL SUFFICIENT GOD i.e He has all things to give us since they are sufficient with him.Before he created man in the beginning,He had made provisions for all that He will ever need.When the children of Israel were on their way to the land of promise,God made daily provisions for them such that they lacked nothing.He is also called EL-SHADDI i.e the BIG BREASTED GOD and He is the only one that can meet all our needs without complaining.For if he can spare his one and only begotten son for our deliverance,how shall he not freely give us all things.If man being evil knoweth how to give good gifts to their children,how much more shall he who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think.not give us good things.He is our shepherd and we are his sheep.Every responsible shepherd knows that he has to provide for his sheep.So is our God. PROVIDENCE is another validity of God that we have to acknowledge.His providence talks about his forseeing protection and care for his creatures.It also talks about his guidiance towards all his handy works.If not for God`s protection over us,we would have been consumed by the snares of the fowlers of life.He is our shield,our refuge,our hiding place,our buckler,our high tower,our rock,our fortress.our deliverer etc.Because of his shield about us,our glory is preserved and not short circuited by our enemies.We are also kept underneath his everlasting arms and thus shielded from destruction.Times without number has He redeem us from untimely death because of his protection over us.Our ability to see God`s providence will go a long way in removing all manner of fears from us. GOD`S ABILITY TO FIGHT is another authentic nature of God that we must applaud.God is referred to as a warrior and one strong in battle.God`s MIGHT that is matchless enables him to fight battles easily and he has never lost a single battle from ages past.When God fought for Israel,Pharaoh had no choice than to let them go by force.He is an enemy to our enemies and an adversary to our adversaries as he fights for us.The LORD OF HOSTS is his name,strong and mighty in battle fighting for his beloved ones.Different gates of life`s circumstances naturally open on their own accord when they come face to face with God.We don`t have to fight our battles ourselves else we die before our time.Since the lord of hosts is for us,He delights in fighting for us as he does it effortlessly. MERCY is another valid attribute of God.God is merciful.It is by his daily outpouring of mercy that we are not consumed.If God is to look at the multitude of our sins and mistakes, no one will be able to stand but his mercies endures forever for all.It is by his mercies that we are saved and to be called his sons/daughters.It is by his mercies that we are preserved from judgement due to our errors. *****And God said,I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt and have heard their cry by the reason of their task masters,For I know their sorrows. *****For the lord hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;neither hath he hid his face from him,but when he cried unto him.he heard. The blood of Jesus that washed us clean is always pleading mercy for us so that we will not be judged by according to the multitude of our inadequacies.We don`t have to live in the guilt of our mistakes forever as we can match bodly to the throne of grace to obtain mercy. HEALING is yet another certain trait of God that we must sanction.His hands are always willing to be stretched to heal us from any abnormalities caused by sickness cos this was not his original plan.In the beginning,God did not create a man with physical,mental and emotional disturbances.Adam was sound physically as it was not written that he was blind,deaf,dumb,paralysed etc.He was mentally sound as he could name all the animals in the garden and the name he called each of them sticked to them.He was sound emotionally and even spiritually as He communicated to God on a daily basis.God is interested in healing us and granting us the kind of health that was in existence in the beginning.He is JEHOVAH RAPHA;the one that heals.It is wise to be conscious of his healing prowess so that we wont be OPPRESSED and DEPRESSED by sickness again. FAITHFULNESS is another facet of God.God is faithful to the extent that his faithfulness reaches the sky.Even when we are unfaithful,God is ever faithful to his words of promises,prophecies,covenants and vows.When He spoke to Noah,he made all do all his words to him.When he spoke to Abraham,Isaac,Jacob,Joseph,Moses,Joshua etc He made his promises true unto them because He is ever faithful. *****The lord thy God,He is God,the faithful God who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandment even to a thousand generation. HOLINESS is another trademark of God.He is holy,sacred and pure.He abhors all forms of iniquities,unrighteousness and sin.Heaven;the residence of God is a place of purity.His throne is referred to as the holy of holies and even his angels carry emblems of purity.The man that was formed by God in the beginning was pure and free from all forms of blemishes before sin came in somehow.God had to use a blood that is free from all forms of blemishes to wash us clean so that we can approach him as one without sin.Without holiness, no man can smell his presence not to talk of seeing him at work in his life. *****He is the rock,his work is perfect:For all his ways are judgements,a God of truth and without iniquity,just and right is He. *****He is not a man that should lie,neither the son of man that he should repent:hath he said,and shall he not do it?or hath He spoken and shall he not make it good. *****There is none holy as the lord:for there is none besides him:neither is there any rock like our God. Since it is a fact that we cannot approach God with iniquities clinging to us,we should therefore try to embrace a life that is free from sin as we flee from all forms of evil appearances. LIGHT is also a peculiarity that is notable with God.Whenever He appears on any scene of life,darkness has no choice than to give way to God`s light.Darkness represents emptiness,barrenness,voidness,formlessness,affliction,oppression,etc but when God`s light is seen,all the afore mentioned manifestation of darkness have to give way to God`s light.That is the reason why in the beginning, when God saw the earth in a shameful and regretful state caused by darkness,He had to speak forth light into existence and darkness was swallowed up immediately in God`s light.When God created light,He was able to create other things with ease having eliminated darkness. *****For thou art my lamp,o lord:and the lord will lighten my darkness. *****By his sneezing,light doth cometh,and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.Out of his mouth goeth burning lamps and sparks of fire leap out.Every shameful thing that we want out of our lives represents darkness and they have no choice than to surrender to God`s light only when we take cognizance of it. OMNIPOTENCE is another feature of God.Omnipotence talks about God`s unlimited power which created and has sustained the whole universe from the days its foundation was laid by God.Omnipotence also talks about God`s invincibility i.e his power is to the extent that he cannot be conquered nor defeated.He can never be overthrown.His omnipotence also talks about his mastery i.e the power of his command or control because He is the commander in Chief and Chief Controller of the whole universe.The sun rises everyday and never forgets to set in the evening because of God`s power.The moon comes out by night and never forgets to disappear as the morning appears because of God`s power. *****Once has God spoken,twice have I had that all power belongs to God. *****He is able to do exceedingly,abundantly above all that we can ask or think according to his power that worketh in us. *****With men some things seems impossible but with God,all things are possible. *****He killeth and maketh alive:He bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up. *****Behold He taketh away,who can hinder him?who shall say what doest thou? *****I know that thou can do all things and nothing can be withhold from you. OMNIPRESENCE is another exceptional distinctiveness of God.Omnipresence talks about God being in all places at all times.God is everywhere.As He is here with me,He is also there with you.He is in heaven,he is on the earth,he is beneath the earth and his eyes are in all places at all times.Jonah tried to run away from the presence of God but God still caught up with him even in the waters.In the belly of the fish,God was still there.Let us be conscious of God`s ever abiding presence so that we can maximize it day and night. *****I am with you even to the end of the world. *****Thou shall not be affrightened for the lord thy God is among you,a mighty God terrible. *****For the lord your God,He is in heaven above and the earth beneath. OMNISCIENCE is the last attribute of God that I will like to intimate you about.It talks about his infinite knowledge and understanding.It also talks about his great and seemingly unlimited knowledge.Today,we have billions of people on earth with different tongues,cultures and languages,yet God has knowledge of all of us.Also,he is the only wise God.The fountain can never run dry.As a result of this,true wisdom comes from him.It is through this attribute that He knows the number of stars in the sky,he knows the number of hairs on your head,he knows the thoughts that goes in the mind of all men,he can screen the intents and the contents of the hearts of all and he can weigh all actions of all men and he numbers the cloud. *****Seeing that times are not hidden from the Almighty,do they that know him not see his days? To him that wants wisdom,He is the only wise God.To him that wants knowledge,He is the fountain of knowledge.To him that wants understanding,He is the one that understands times and seasons. THESE ARE THE BITS OF THE REALITIES ABOUT GOD THAT I AM PERMITTED TO KNOW FOR NOW AS NOONE CAN TOTALLY EXHAUST THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM.IT IS MY PRAYER THAT WE WILL WALK IN THESE REALITIES SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF BEING CALLED SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD.SHALOM!