“Plenty of Time for You”

The constituent parts of personality are predicted of God on almost every page of the Bible. “I will raise up a faithful priest for Myself. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind,” said the Lord to Eli in 1 Samuel 2:35. This shows (if it needs showing) that God has a mind with which He thinks.

God has emotions also—another aspect of personality. Some modern-day theologians claim that God is unable to feel, but clearly this is not supported by Scripture. God can be angry (Ps 2:12), jealous (Zch 1:14-15), merciful (Ps 78:38), and joyful (Dt 30:9). These are just a few of the emotions which Scripture talks about, but there are many more. Again, God chooses and decides. “The Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth … Then the Lord said, ‘I will wipe off the face of the earth mankind … together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky'” (Gn 6:6-7).

While the majority of people believe in some kind of God, many view Him as being so great that He cannot possibly take a personal interest in such insignificant creatures as ourselves. Dr. Henry Norris Russell, one of the great astronomers of this century and a Christian, once gave a talk on the vastness of the universe. Afterwards, someone asked him this question: “How is it possible for such a great and infinite God to have time for me?” This was his reply: “An infinite God can dispatch the affairs of this universe in the twinkling of an eye, thus giving Him plenty of time for you.”

Further Study

Heb 4:12-16; Ps 2:12; 78:38; Zech 1:14-15; Dt 30:9

Can you think of other Scriptures showing God’s emotions?

What is God able to do through Christ?