He Is A Jealous God!

And God spake all these words, saying,

I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, 

out of the house of bondage.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, 

or any likeness of any-thing that is in heaven above, 

or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: 

for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, 

visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children 

unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, 

and keep my commandments.

(Exodus 20:1-6)

Can jealousy be loving? 

One of the definitions of jealousy is, vigilance in maintaining or guarding something (Courtesy of Dictionary.com). 

I always thought jealousy was a bad thing. So why do I like it when people are jealous for me? I like being the one my kids call mom, I am their mom! I like that they run to me when they get hurt and that they need me and they love me. They don't call anyone else mom and if they did I don't think I would like that...correction, I would hate that!!! I would hate it if they ran to another person calling out mommy when I was standing right there...how heart breaking!

On the same note, I like the idea of marriage, where the wife belongs to the husband and the husband belongs to the wife and no one else should ever come between them! Marriage is a holy union between two people who love each other and it is right and good! 

On a side note, wedding vows are till death do you part. Did you know that the word widow has a definition meaning to deprive of anything cherished or needed? In Genesis 2:18, the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” We NEED each other! 

Need; a physiological or psychological requirement for the well-being of an organism. I am all about definitions in this blog!!!

God is our maker. He is our Father. He is our Husband! Of course He would be jealous for us! If He wasn't jealous for us He wouldn't be very loving! 

Did you know that iniquity means, immoral or grossly unfair behavior. When we run to another who is not our God, even if we seek solic unto ourselves, we have committed an immoral and grossly unfair behavior. It is sin to NOT turn to God for our every need, want, or desire! We violate our Holy union when we disregard Him and ignore Him. 

How painful is it to have a child ignore you? How painful is it to have a spouse disregard you and turn to another for their needs or wants or desires? God has given us relationships here on earth to show us our need for Him! Everywhere you turn there is proof of His love for us and we disregard Him and ignore Him.

When you think of a father loving his daughter, in a right and pure way, you wonder how he could freely give her away to a man who doesn't know her the way the father knows her. The father was there at her beginning, in ideal circumstances, and comforted her in the night when she cried. He saw her grow and learn and laugh and play and weep and mourn. Now he has to give her away to a man, in marriage, who hasn't known her and trust that this man will at least love her as much as he does and hope that the daughter will always regard her father and keep him in her heart as her first love, the one who was with her through all of her growing seasons. 

Wow, I don't know how God so selflessly lets us be married and have children knowing that our hearts can so easily turn from Him to the people He so freely gives us to love and be loved by. We forget Him and lift up our hearts to others. We are so full of iniquity! 

Graven image

Did you know one of the definitions for grave is, requiring serious thought. God warns us not to create for ourselves any graven images. Why do you think God would make a commandment like that? 

Have you ever seen someone, or maybe you have carved or drawn an image that required such intense serious thought? Artists pour themselves into their creations. God poured Himself into His creation! We are His workmanship! He loves us more than we could ever comprehend! He knows our hearts are easily drawn away from Him so He commands us, out of His great knowledge of our sinful hearts....being as He was the One who created our hearts, to NOT worship the things we create!

We love to love ourselves and when we create something, 'that thing', is an expression of ourselves that we love to love. So even if we claim to have another god, we are still worshiping something we've created and proclaiming our own awesomeness. Sounds pretty ridiculous to believe in anything other than the ONE TRUE GOD!

Lord, thank You for Your jealousy for us! You guard us and protect us even as we disregard and ignore You. Lord You are so good and loving to let us enjoy relationships knowing our hearts are prone to wander. Lord forbid that my heart would ever wander from You being my first love! You are amazing God in all You do. Help us all to bring glory to Your name in all we say and do, by Your Son's Holy name I pray amen!

Hello my name is child of the One True King!