Devotional Page by Amaris Brannon

“There Is No One Like Our God.”

I think a lot of times we imagine ourselves doing these great things for God, but we think… “well I’ll do that when I have more time.” Or, “When I’m older and more capable I’ll make His name famous.” These excuses are not Biblical. Nowhere in the Bible does God encourage us to put off being completely devoted to Him. Either we have allowed ourselves to become deceived by the enemy of our souls, or we have become comfortable and idle with our excuses.

I heard this song by Chris Tomlin, “God Of This City,” and what a beautiful song it is. We play this song at our church and this past Sunday the Holy Spirit spoke to me through these beautiful words. “There is no one like our God.” Such lovely words to sing. I mean, come-on, the God of the universe descended from Heaven to become like us to save us and we are simply the clay trying to describe the potter. It would be absurd for me to think I could do an adequate job at describing my beloved God who sustains my life.

So here we are singing, “There is no one like our God, there is no one like my God.” But do I truly live what I sing? There is no one like my God, yet I can’t give him 30 minutes of prayer and devotion in the mornings. It’s pathetic. Mind you, I’m speaking to myself as well.

I think we’ve taken on this view of God that He is distant. We think, He will answer our prayers if needed but only when we pray. However, this is not the character of God at all. The Bible says that we are the “apple of His eye.” This screams of an intimate relationship. The Word also says that we are God’s “portion.” Here’s the reality. He loves us so much that he gave His only Son! This is no small love but immense love!

Recently, I was spending time in the Word – I had been going through difficulties in some of my dearest friendships, and I read this verse – (Psalm 68:19) – “Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.” And in that moment the Holy Spirit brought me a supernatural peace; He had been feeling my burden. Daily He bears my burdens. This is how intimate my God is.

The Bible says that “Jesus wept” (John 11:35). These two simple word describe the character of God. How He is so compassionate and loving. When we are having difficulties, He feels the same pain we do. The reality is that God is an intimate God and He feels for us. He bears our burdens daily. He weeps with us. He keeps us close to Him

There is no one like our God! And our beloved Savior deserves more than to be just a convenience. 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 – “As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. For he says, ‘In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.’ I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.

” Not only does He deserve our full hearts, but He deserves them now!

Reader, think about this as well; if There is no one like our God. Shouldn’t we tell everyone about our God? We know in our hearts that there is only God, and there is no other like Him. But there are so many others who do not understand this. They are dying in their sins while we are singing “There is no one like you God.” We should be ashamed!

Our beloved Jesus, Oh, how obvious it has become that we are so inadequate to be in relationship with You. We repent. We ask for Your mercy. We are so desperate for it! We ask Your forgiveness for making you a convenience and not giving You our full hearts. We surrender our lives to You this day! Thank You for being so close, so personal. Thank You for daily carrying our burdens. We love you, Jesus!

Lord, we ask that You would give us the strength to share with others. Place in us the burden to see more souls living for you! We want to share that there is no one like our God! We love you, Lord. In Jesus name, amen.