{"id":63641,"date":"2019-04-13T04:14:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T09:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prayingpint.com\/?p=63641"},"modified":"2019-04-12T08:14:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T13:14:45","slug":"137-who-is-like-you-majestic-in-holiness-awesome-in-glorious-deeds-doing-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/13\/137-who-is-like-you-majestic-in-holiness-awesome-in-glorious-deeds-doing-wonders\/","title":{"rendered":"137. Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">1 Kings 8:22<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven, and said, \u201cO Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart; you have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day. Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.\u2019 Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David my father.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:2.15.11\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Exodus 15:11<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWho is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:9.2.2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>1 Samuel 2:2<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThere is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:10.7.22\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>2 Samuel 7:22<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:19.35.10\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Psalms 35:10<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0All my bones shall say, \u201cO LORD, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:19.86.8\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Psalms 86:8<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:19.89.6\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Psalms 89:6-8<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD,\u00a0a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him? O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O LORD, with your faithfulness all around you?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:23.40.18\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Isaiah 40:18<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:24.10.6\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Jeremiah 10:6<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:33.7.18\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Micah 7:18<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"verseid:16.1.5\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Nehemiah 1:5<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And I said, \u201cO LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">When we are actively reading God\u2019s word with a heart desire to know, honor, glorify, worship, serve, follow and obey Him we will start to see God in increasing awe.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We will rightfully be saying \u201cWho is like You?\u201d and \u201cThere is none like You.\u201d We ask the question and answer it very simply because our minds cannot grasp or fathom the magnitude, depth, hight, or length of the wisdom, gloriousness, holiness,\u00a0 and love of God.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>When we humbly start our seeking to know God we have a basic thought of who\/what God is.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>As we spend more and more time in His word with a heart desire to know Him more we become aware that God is so much more than we can comprehend.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We grab on to words of praise and say \u201cThere is none like You.\u201d You tell us that you are Creator of heaven and earth and all there is and we have no clue how to process this knowledge with understanding other than to say \u201cWho is like You?\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We read of Your power, might, all-knowing, and steadfast love and say \u201cThere is none like You.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is not as though we should come to a point in our searching to know God and stop because the knowledge and understanding of God are too great.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>No, we ought to keep searching to continue to grow in faith, service, and love for and to God.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We will see new mercies and faithfulness emerge because we will continue to be allowed to see them.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It seems as though they are a portion of a reward for knowing Him more and more each day.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Our faith will grow with each new nugget of understanding and knowledge of God.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Our want to live in such a way to honor His name more and more will continue to grow because of our understanding and knowledge of Him keep increasing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">How do we know Him more?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Stay in His word.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>How do we honor Him?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>intentionally choose to stay in His word each day with a desire to humbly serve, follow, and obey Him.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>God is more than worthy of our time.\u00a0 Start spending more intentional God-honoring time with Him today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Kings 8:22\u00a0 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven, and said, \u201cO Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/13\/137-who-is-like-you-majestic-in-holiness-awesome-in-glorious-deeds-doing-wonders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;137. Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9878,1012,3314,5023,2246,9875,3776,97,1131,404,9882,9871,9881,2243,612,4706,3418,9877,906,4,38,9876,6099,2701,587,4936,1057,3313,394,581,9869,9873,2319,9880,9867,2465,468,6629,9865,511,9863,9868,9883,9866,9872,9864,9874,1404,637,9870,9879],"class_list":["post-63641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-above-all","tag-altar","tag-awesome","tag-bones","tag-compare","tag-compared","tag-confirmed","tag-covenant","tag-david","tag-deeds","tag-delights-in-steadfast-love","tag-delivering-the-poor","tag-does-not-retain-his-anger-forever","tag-earth","tag-faithfulness","tag-fulfilled","tag-glorious","tag-greatly-to-be-feared","tag-heard-with-our-ears","tag-heart","tag-heaven","tag-heavenlbeings","tag-heavenly-beings","tag-holiness","tag-iniquity","tag-israel","tag-keep-his-commandments","tag-majestic","tag-might","tag-needy","tag-no-rock-like-our-god","tag-nor-are-there-any-works-like-yours","tag-pardoning","tag-passing-over-transgression","tag-pay-close-attention-to-their-way","tag-promised","tag-servants","tag-solomon","tag-spoke-mouth","tag-steadfast-love","tag-there-is-no-god-like-you","tag-there-is-none-like-you","tag-those-who-love-him","tag-throne-of-israel","tag-too-strong","tag-walk-before-you","tag-who-in-the-skies","tag-who-is-like-you","tag-wonders","tag-you-are-great","tag-your-name-is-great"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63641"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63644,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63641\/revisions\/63644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}