Physical attributes of God

"Nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:39

God's love takes a physical form, his glory is revealed everywhere throughout the Earth, not one section has hidden from his loving grasp. "They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created. people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities, his eternal power and divine nature. So they have NO EXCUSE FOR NOT KNOWING GOD" Romans 1:18-20. God has revealed himself to all people.

I see God's glory poured into a physical sense, little things that are metaphors and make God's existence more physical/ real to me. the Bible has so many physical metaphors to put God's glory and love for us all into retrospect. his word will ALWAYS say it better than anyone ever could, it's perfect, it's God breathed.

1. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."Proverbs 3:5. God's guidance put into a physical sense.In my car I have a navigation system. To work it you put in your destination and you just have to trust; and follow. It leads me crazy places, I feel like I'm getting farther away from my destination sometimes, I don't see what it sees. So I'll be like "no nav! I'm making a left instead of a right", and all it says is "recalculating", and it continues to direct me. As does God. He has a plan for us, all of us, no one left out or left behind. We may not understand his way, and we may choose our own, BUT OUR DESTINATION REMAINS THE SAME. God's destination for us is always were where we will end up, let us trust and find COMFORT in that.

2."I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions
among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought."1Corinthians 1:10. The importance of family in Christ put in a physical sense. Think about your family, or any family, many family ties are unbreakable. Even when you fight, even when you quarrel, your still a FAMILY. Do you see how God has supplied us with our family in Christ? Treat another believer as a brother, as a sister, as your family. Families are families because of blood or love. We are a family for the same reason, Christ's blood shed for us, and our love for him. THAT BONDS US. Just think, we will be in heaven for eternity together, a perfect family because of Christ. Even though families fight and aren't always nice to each other, it doesn't make you less of apart of the family.

3. "This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin."1 John 1:5-7. The physical evidence of God's glory, light vs. darkness. God is said to be light, evil/ devil is said to be darkness. Think about a dark room, you can't see, your scared, your not sure exactly where you are. Your lost just as you would be with out God's light. But someone flips the switch, and the light is instantly flooded out. You can't have light in darkness, but you can have darkness in light. Light is always more powerful then darkness. Because of light everything becomes visible and nothing is hidden. Just as nothing is hidden from God, and he floods out darkness.

4."So don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters. Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became His prized possession. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him." James 1:16–18. "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are!" 1John 3:1. God's heavenly father love put into a physical sense. God is the Father. Think of your Father (or mother), and they discipline you because they love you. You may not always understand it, but it is always for the better. They always have your best interest at heart, as does God. Even when you are fighting with your parents, your never less their child. You can be mean, even hate them, but it doesn't separate you. Same applies to God, you are NEVER less of his Child, no matter how far, or how separate you feel, your not. Parents set up rules to keep their children safe, so has God. Why not take comfort in the laws of Christ, they were put their to guide us! To keep us from hurt, God has gone through life and watched hurt just as your parents have, he knows, and he wants to save you. In fact, he already has, while we were still sinners.

5. God's simple provision because of faith put into a physical sense."Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon (old testament very powerful king) in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." God is the ultimate provider, if this verse doesn't explain the physicallity of his provision, then I don't know what does.

6."Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.I will praise the LORD all my life;I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.Do not put your trust in princes,in mortal men, who cannot save.When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;on that very day their plans come to nothing.Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,the Maker of heaven and earth,the sea, and everything in them the LORD, who remains faithful forever. He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.The LORD sets prisoners free,the LORD gives sight to the blind,the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down,the LORD loves the righteous. LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow,but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.The LORD reigns forever,your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD." Psalm 146. The physical feeling of being with God, and how much he must love us. You know those moments when you feel God and it just completely overwhelms you with joy? those moments are HUGE, they consume you and free you for days. If you feel THAT MUCH joy because of God in a second of feeling him more than usual. can you even fathom what being in his presence will be like! In heaven, ah what a prize! We'll get to walk among our God whom we sought after here on Earth, and that will be HUGE. I can't even imagine the joy and perfection his wholly presence will bring me.

7."For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16. God's love/ gifts to the Earth in a physical sense.Maybe it's just me, but the ocean is so beautiful and SO HUGE. I can see how wildly God loves the Earth if he would put something SO BEAUTIFUL on Earth. Which leads me to wonder how much more beautiful heaven will be!

8. The physical evidence of God's strength, as said by Jesus "Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock" Matthew 7:24

9. A physical metaphor of how easy it is to get lost walking towards God, as said by Jesus."You can enter God's kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it" Matthew 7:13-14

10. A physical metaphor of how big faith and prayer is, as said by Jesus. "Have faith in God. I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, 'May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe you have received it, it will be yours." Mark 12:22-25

11. a physical metaphor of importance to stand out because of our love for Christ."Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its flavor, where shall it be seasoned?" Luke 14:34-35 Salt can lose its flavor, when it gets wet and dries nothing is left but a residue. When Christians blend into the world to avoid the cost of standing for Christ, they are like salt with out flavor. Just as salt preserves food and flavor, Christians preserve the word and good in the world.

There are so many ways God shows his love, and evidence of his existence, physically, emotionally, scientifically. Let us recognize all the good and perfect in the world and thank him for it. Everything good and perfect was created by him, through him, and we need to give it back to him. God's reality kicks my butt every time. So madly in love.