Jealous God

Exodus  34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

Praise the Lord!!

Today we will meditate upon the Lord whose name is jealous.

Jealous meaning:

fiercely protective of one's rights or possessions.

Many people have misinterpreted this word and turned their hearts from God. Recently in an interview a famous media person who was once a Christian turned Satanist on reading this word. She was so troubled by the truth that God is a Jealous God. She couldn't understand why should God be jealous.

Let's understand why God calls himself as  a Jealous God.

Why is God jealous?
1. He is jealous because he cares for you. ( 1 Peter 5:7)
2. He is jealous because you are his prized possession.( Ephesians 1:14)
3. He is jealous so that you will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Peter 1:4)
4. He is jealous so that you can be holy as he is Holy. ( 1 Peter 1:16)
5. He is jealous so he can present you blameless on the Judgement day. ( 1 Thessalonians 5:23)

Saints, sometimes Lord chasten us for our mistakes. But that doesn't mean that he doesn't love us.

2 Samuel  7:14  I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:  

Job  5:17  Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

Yes our Lord is a jealous God who will not tolerate his children being sold to sin. Be watchful in this world and please God with all the heart, mind and soul.

Isaiah  49:15  Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Yes!! As a mother is protective and jealous about her child. Our Lord is jealous of you. He will bring all your desire to pass.

Let's worship him in the beauty of holiness.

God Bless