Nobody is perfect!!

‘He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He’.

Deut 32. 4

Take time to read today’s verse though a couple of times. Note carefully the absolute statements that are made.

‘He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He’.

The writer, Moses, had no doubts about the character of God, no grey areas no maybes. I wonder if that is that the way that you and I think about God.

A brief overview of the Bible would convince you that although Bible characters did not always understand what God was doing or why he was doing it they without exception declare his right to act as he chooses and defend the principle that God always acts justly and fairly. 

Let me give you one example. In Genesis 18 we have conversation between the Lord and Abraham. The Lord is telling Abraham that he is going to judge Sodom. As Abraham responds and requests mercy for the sake of those who are righteous he makes a clear statement of how he viewed God. He says ‘Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked........Shall not the judge of all the earth do right’. However difficult Abraham finds it to understand what is going on he knows this....God is just.

This truth is closely linked with the rest of the character of God i.e. His works are perfect, He is truth, He is righteous and He is upright. God is perfection.

This viewpoint of God and his dealings with people is restated again and again in scripture. Our challenge is do we believe it today, especially when we face situations that we do not understand or feel on the face of it are fair. 

I trust that the Lord will give us help and grace as we need it.