What is God like? {The Attributes of God}

I'm so glad you are here! I hope during your visit you get a glimpse of God's heart for we become what we are gazing at.  My desire is to be a blessing to you so I've made theses Resources  and tools available to you and write a Weekday Devotional (my home page) to provide insights from God's Word.  

The Importance of the Attributes of God

“I am more convinced than ever that there is nothing more important to teach another believer than who God is, what He is like and why or how He does what He does. In fact, everything about our lives-our attitudes, motives, desires, actions, and even our words-is influenced by our view of God. Whether our problems are financial, moral, or emotional, whether we are tempted by lust, worry, anger, or insecurity, our behavior reflects our beliefs about God. What we believe to be true about God’s character affects our friendships, our work and leisure activities, the types of literature we read, and even the music to which we listen.”  Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade, the largest missions sending organization in the world. 

I bet Bill Bright and A.W. Tozer would have been friends. Here's how A.W. Tozer says it, “The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us. With our loss of the sense of majesty has come the further loss of religious awe and the consciousness of the divine presence. …It is impossible to keep our moral practices sound and our inward attitudes right while our idea of God is erroneous or inadequate. If we would bring back spiritual power to our lives, we must begin to think of God more nearly as He is.” 

And yet,  We live in a world shouting to us what God is like. "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." Romans 1:20

The Most Exciting Attribute of God

God is Eternal. I honestly love this attribute of God more than all the rest. Because get this, it means everything about Him is eternal, without end. His attributes have no end. If we tried to make a list of the characteristics, or the things we discovered to be true about God we could study our entire life... and for all eternity and never stop writing things on that list. Wow!  

Just when I think I know Your complexities, You step into the light.

But get this. If we studied say just 1 of His attributes, like His Power for the rest of our earthly life...  and for all eternity we would never come to the end of all there is to know about God's power. Wow!



So here is just a grain of sand in comparison to all the sand on all the shores glimpse into God's power.

God is Powerful

Paul prayed for the Ephesians to “begin to understand the incredible greatness of His power for us who believe Him.” So how really how powerful is God? Let’s look at His creation:

Jer. 10:12 says, “God made the earth by His power; He founded the world by His wisdom” So this earth that God made speeds around the sun at 18.5 miles per second, 93 million miles from the sun and has over 20 exact right conditions for life to flourish. Things like

• We need to have a large moon-¼ the size of earth so the gravitational pull stabilizes the angle of our axes, keeping our seasons straight.
• Have just the right thickness of the earth’s crust. Which it is. 4-30 miles thick to regulate the earth’s interior temperature.
• We have to be in the exact right place from the sun, the galactic habitable zone. If you’re too close to the sun, or the main star, it is too hot and our oceans would boil, if we were further away it would be too cold and our oceans would freeze. The habitable zone is relatively narrow.  If we were 5% closer to sun, it would cause temperatures of 900%.
• Movement of liquid iron generates magnetic field.
• Type of Star we rotate around has to be a G2 main sequence dwarf star. If it were smaller, the habitable zone smaller and we would have to be closer which would knock our rotation into synchronization with the sun and only ½ of the earth would get sun.
• The atmosphere has to have the perfect ratio of nitrogen and oxygen. 78% nitrogen, 21%oxygen, 1%carbon dioxide which ensures protection from sun.
• Have to have liquid water
• Be protected by gas giant planets
• Have a nearly circular orbit
• Correct mass
• Magnetic field
• Plate tectonics
• Correct ratio of liquid water and continents
• Moderate rate of rotation.

Isaiah 40:15 says, “Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out one after another, calling each by its name. And He counts them to see that none are lost or have strayed away.” Scientist estimate that there are ten billion trillion stars in the universe, or about as many stars as there are grains of sand on all of our planet’s seashores. If all the stars were divided equally among the people of the world, each person would receive almost 2 trillion stars. God spoke and the heavens and the earth came into being. And all of it displays who He is. His invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature can clearly be seen. (Rom. 1) 

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and he said, let there be light. And light came out of the mouth of God at 186,000 miles per second. He spoke and the 10,000 degrees sun came into being, 1 million times the size of earth. The Lord spoke and it was so intense that we don’t want to get any closer than 93 millions miles away.

God is so powerful that He has the power to create anything from nothing. Ps 33:6-11 “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.  Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!  For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.  The LORDbrings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.  The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.”

We can see the power of God through the life of Christ. He has the power to sustain everything, uphold the world by His Word, raise Himself, lazurus and a little girl from the dead, he made the blind see, limbs grow back, heal a paralytic, heal a lady who had a bleeding disease for 20 years, turn water to wine, feed 5,000, stay focused on his mission and not be controlled by the tyranny of the urgent, let people beat him, spit on Him and pull out his beard and nail him to a cross, calm the storm, walk on water, fulfill over 330 prophecies, and soften hard, resistant hearts. That is powerful.

He is also powerful enough to not be controlled by His feelings and wimbs. He is powerful enough to not be controlled or manipulated by us toward our own destruction. He is powerful enough to not fly off the handle enraged at us. He is powerful enough to know how to speak to us in a way we can understand and to lead us to the truth and to shape our desires and our thoughts.

God is powerful enough to show His power through imperfect people -Are you tired, overwhelmed? Well, be encouraged, God uses His power in our behalf. Isa. 40 “Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket… Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.  He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Ps. 66:5,7 “Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man”

Here are some other things that are true about God.

List of the Attributes of God

And here's a helpful, fun resource.

List of the Attributes of God {31 Days of Prayer}

What a gift that we get to have the privilege of learning about God's character, His attributes for the rest of our lives and for all eternity. What a gift that He lets us seek Him which provides the deepest satisfaction to our souls. Like John Piper says it, "He is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him." 

We serve a God who loves to be sought and who is actively and eternally revealing Himself.

So how would believing God is  _____________ (fill in the blank with an attribute from the list) about God impact your daily life? (Choices, habits, activities, how you spent your time, talent, money and resources)

How would believing God is ______________ affect your intentionality toward the mission all believers are called to of making disciples?

Let's get to know this amazing God more by spending time in His Word.

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