The Uniqueness of God

The Uniqueness of God Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Exodus 15 v 11 God is unique. He is perfect and awesome. He is nonpareil and without comparison to anyone in heaven or on earth apart from His Son Jesus who reflected His power, majesty, love, holiness, humility and grace in all its fullness. This uni-verse attributes three qualities to God- “glorious in holiness, fearful in praises and doing wonders.” The glory and greatness of God is beyond human comprehension and description. This is the reason Jesus was sent in our likeness in order to o make Him known to mankind. Jesus is the perfect translation of God for the complete transformation of man. But for the grace of Jesus, we are not even worthy to offer our worship to God as He can see us in the nakedness of our sin and misery. The dirty rags of our good deeds and character are washed in the blood of redemption and regeneration of the Anointed One, the Christ of God to enable us to be white as snow in His presence and strong as steel that we will not melt in that awesome heat of His holiness and glory. We praise God for His goodness and thank God for His marvellous deeds unto us. When we worship God in this manner with praise and thanksgiving, His awesome power is released in our real life situations on earth. The reason is that our worship brings the presence of God around and within us and the presence of God is sufficient to deal with whatever be the situation we are facing. The “doing wonders” aspect of God’s nature is a natural outflow of the first two qualities of being awesome and praiseworthy. He is not a passive spectator of what is happening in our lives but He engages with us in dialogue. The shadow of His right hand is always upon us as we walk close to Him with an attitude of trust, awe or reverence and gratitude. He will both provide for us and protect us in amazing ways. He will also promote us. Whether we know it or not, He has done marvellous things in our lives so far and will continue to do so. Not only is God unique but our relationship with God is unique. No other relationship can match it for its depth, width, height. Depth refers to our mutual understanding of each other. Width refers to the broad spectrum or variety of ways we impact each other. Height as used in the expression the “height of imagination” refers to the extent of unpredictability, surprise, creativity, incredible dimension involved in the mutual relationship between God and us. The rainbow is a symbol of the banner of love God puts over us to indicate that we engage with each other in the spiritual , the physical, the intellectual, the emotional, the social, the financial and the familial domains of life. We can use the rainbow concept to praise, worship, thank and pray by recalling both our need in each of these seven areas as well as the goodness, greatness and completeness of God’s marvellous deeds in each of these areas. God showed me as many as seven different types of rainbows to remind me of his covenant love. Some of these I have photographed. Indeed, God is incredible and that’s why so many through the generations found it difficult to believe in Him while still others were willing to die for that belief. Prateep v Philip