The words of Moses about the attributes of God are filled with so many treasures. As the Jews were about to enter into the Promised Land, he assembled Israel and described the nature of the God that they served. “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments” (Deut. 7:9). Look at how Moses described our God.
The Lord is God. God is not His name; it is who He is. While we may often refer to Him as God and begin to think that is His name, it is actually a description of the fact that He is above all creation. While we often use many terms to refer to Him, His name is Jehovah (Ex. 6:3). What does it mean when the Bible so often states that He is God? Think of the lowest single cell life form there is, and then think of life which is above that cell. As one gets near the most complex of life forms, we find man. Yet, above man are the angels, and above angels are the archangels. Then, there is an immeasurable gap and at the highest level there is the Almighty, the Supreme One, the Eternal Ruler, the Creator, the One who made the world and above all. This is the meaning of, “The Lord is God.”
The Lord is faithful. These words used by Moses proclaim that God can be trusted. He is the same yesterday, today and forever! He is the eternal, unchanging One. James says that there is no variation in the shadow He has cast since time began (James 1:17). The trust placed in Him by Enoch, Moses, David and even Jesus, when He was on the earth, is the same trust we can place in Him. He is eternally trustworthy!
The Lord is merciful. Like all His attributes, His mercy is infinite. Moses says that His mercy endures for a thousand generations. To see how remarkable this is, consider that when Moses said these words there had been only thirty generations since Adam! Take this number literally and you can see that we are still at the beginning of those thousand generations! Here is the point. He is eternally merciful, and His grace reaches to you!
Read the passage again. Take time to read the verse above and below the one we have discussed. We are truly blessed. Jehovah is God. Jehovah is faithful. Jehovah is merciful. Jehovah is our God!