I am the Lord and there is no other. Apart from me there is no God.
Again and again...until I finally hear it in this chapter.
I am the Lord and there is no other. Apart from me there is no God.
What good news. Jehovah is the Lord, Yahweh is the Lord. There is no other.
Kelly is not the Lord. Kelly is not responsible for everything and everybody. So when I feel like it (and that happens more often than it should) I hear the reassurance. "I am" the Lord - not you. You are to rejoice, have faith, and rely on God's grace. The fulfillment of God's great story is not our responsibility - it is God's. I am the Lord and there is no other.
"And there is no God apart from me."
The first time I read that, I thought it referred again to the ways we make idols out of other things. But as I thought about it, I thought about the times when I am "apart from God." When we are apart from God - we find ourselves in such a desolate place. We have chosen to live where there is no God. Every step seems scarier and the world seems to vibrate with such uncertainty and desperation.
"Apart form me" is not a world I want to be in. I need to breathe the Spirit with every breath.
Such comfort today. I am the Lord, there is no other. And apart from me there is no God.
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Today, we came up with a rough draft purpose statement. It relied heavily on the fact that the Triune God is in, with, and through Faith Lutheran Church. Otherwise we don't function the way we should.
Built on a Rock,
Nourished by the Spirit,
On a mission to serve.