Does God Love Us?

2 Samuel 22

David's Song of Praise

 ¹ David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. ² He said:
       "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;  ³ my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
       my shield and the horn ^[a] of my salvation.
       He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—
       from violent men you save me.
 ⁴ I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,
       and I am saved from my enemies.
 ⁵ "The waves of death swirled about me;
       the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
 ⁶ The cords of the grave ^[b] coiled around me;
       the snares of death confronted me.
 ⁷ In my distress I called to the LORD;
       I called out to my God.
       From his temple he heard my voice;
       my cry came to his ears.
 ⁸ "The earth trembled and quaked,
       the foundations of the heavens ^[c] shook;
       they trembled because he was angry.
 ⁹ Smoke rose from his nostrils;
       consuming fire came from his mouth,
       burning coals blazed out of it.

I have this image in my mind when I read this passage of scripture.  I see God, the angels, all the people in heaven rocking out in some kind of amazing worship service - to me, it would be the best service I've ever been in . . . times a million.  On steroids.  Can you imagine heaven's worship??  Wow . . . OK, focus now.  Back to the scripture.  So I imagine God, right in the middle of worship, loving His people, being loved and praised and worshiped in return - but wait!!  What's that He hears?  It's me!  Crying out to Him, begging Him to rescue me.

The amazing thing, according to David, is that God doesn't put me on hold.  In fact, He becomes angry!  What is He angry about, you might ask?  Well, as we will see tomorrow, He isn't angry with David.  We're about to find out just how much God loves His people . . . so much that when we are under attack or threatened, His anger shakes the earth!

Can you imagine that kind of love?  Think about how angry you might get when you feel your child is under attack.  Maybe she's the victim of a teenage bully.  Or perhaps he has fallen prey to an adult that simply doesn't like him for some reason.  When you know your child is being hurt, don't you get angry?  So imagine --- big, eternal God --- angry over you, coming to your rescue. 

Does God love us?  This scripture says so - let's face it, the whole Bible is God's love letter to His people.  But I truly love the picture this paints for us of how He loves us.  Just wait till tomorrow!!  It gets even better . . .

Keep blazing!