Our God Speaks

469 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 2Sa 7:22, “"Therefore You are great, O LORD GOD. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. (2 Sam 7:22) There is no God like our God. This is a sentiment that is often expressed in the Scriptures. Moses sang it in Ex 15:11 "Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? Hannah prayed it after the birth of Samuel, "No one is holy like the LORD, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.” 1Sa 2:2 The prophet Jeremiah proclaimed it in Jer 10:6 Inasmuch as there is none like You, O LORD (You are great, and Your name is great in might) Still another prophet (Micah) put it this way: Mic 7:18 Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. I like the way David says that this truth is according to all that we have heard with our ears. What is it that we have heard with our ears? We have heard God's Word. One of the things that sets our God apart from all others is the fact that He speaks to us through His Word. All other gods fall short in this area as the Psalmist says in Ps 135:15-17, “The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; 17 They have ears, but they do not hear; Nor is there any breath in their mouths. There is no life in man-made idols. But there is life in the words of God. As Jesus said in Joh 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. David's faith in God came to him the same way it comes to you and I....... by grace, but grace arrives in the taxi of God's Word, Ro 10:17 says, “ So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Thank You Father for all we have heard from You according to our ears. May You continue to speak to us by the Holy Spirit through Your blessed Book.