God's Nature/Character

God's nature/character is not at all what the world or even most of us Christians imagine Him to be.

*  Supreme over all - able and active in the world
*  Bringing down the proud, greedy, self-important, power-hungry
*  Raising up, satisfying, sustaining, 'seeing' (noticing) the lowly, humble and needy, the 'nobodies'
*  Merciful - not only wanting to forgive, to help, to heal, but providing the legal means to deal with sin in order to be merciful without being unjust
*  He speaks - not some distant, unknowable deity who remains invisible, untouchable, impersonal.  He speaks in personal words, whispers, stories, songs, love songs; sometimes warnings and discipline, but always personal.
*  Pleasing Him is not entirely about living a 'godly' lifestyle or doing great deeds/making great sacrifices.  His will for us is that we would KNOW Him.  It is about listening to His heart and doing what He says because we love Him.  He wants us to know and love Him personally.
*  He wants us to see more clearly and to better understand the realities of life, the true values, the real weights and measures, what is really important, what really matters.