the LORD God is:

A few months ago, a friend challenged me to read through the entire Bible in 90 days, twice in a row. I begun, and the journey was unbelievable. I'm so grateful God has provided me with so much time to focus on the Scriptures while I'm in China. Flying back to the states this past Friday (for the month-long Chinese New Year holiday), I came to the end of the Book, and found myself overwhelmed by God's steadfast love and faithfulness. 

One of the most impacting aspects of this journey through the Bible was a little list I created along the way. I call it an Identity List, specifically of God. Every time I read a passage, verse, or phrase that directly stated an aspect of who God is, I wrote it down with the general reference. I wanted to do this because I've realized, through personal reflection and teaching from others, that most, if not all, of our struggles with our calling, our choices, our emotions, and our own identity can only find their ultimate fulfillment in who God is. This makes sense too, because it not only takes the pressure off of us, but puts all the glory on God. So, here is my list, though not quite in sequential order. I hope it refreshes you and helps fix your minds on the Lord God! 

The Lord God is:

Psalm 3 – a shield, my glory, the lifter of my head

Psalm 4 – the God of my righteousness

Psalm 5 – my King and my God

Psalm 7 – the Most High

Psalm 8 – our Lord

Psalm 9 – a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble

Psalm 10 – King forever and ever

Isaiah 37 – the God of all the kingdoms of the earth, the Holy One of Israel, the Lord of hosts

Nehemiah 1 – the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love to those who love Him and keep His commandments

Exodus 34 – a God compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.

Psalm 11 – righteous

Psalm 16 – my chosen portion and my cup

Psalm 17 – Savior of those who seek refuge

Psalm 18 – my strength, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, perfect

 Isaiah 38 – the God of David

Psalm 19 – my rock and my redeemer

Psalm 22 – my help

Psalm 23 – my shepherd

Psalm 24 – the King of glory, strong and mighty, mighty in battle

Psalm 25 – good and upright

Psalm 27 – my light and my salvation, the stronghold of my life

Psalm 28 – my strength and my shield, the strength of His people, the saving refuge of His anointed

Psalm 31 – my rock and my fortress, my refuge, faithful God

Isaiah 40 – the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth

Isaiah 41 – the first, and with the last, the Holy One of Israel

Psalm 32 – a hiding place for me

Psalm 34 – near to the broken-hearted and saves the crushed in spirit, good

Isaiah 43 – your Redeemer, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King, He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake

Psalm 40 – my deliverer

Psalm 42 – the God of my life

Psalm 43 – my exceeding joy

Psalm 46 – our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble, with us, our fortress

Isaiah 44 – the first and the last, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb

Psalm 50 – the Mighty One, God the Lord

Psalm 54 – my helper, the upholder of my life

Isaiah 45 – a righteous God and a Savior

Psalm 59 – Lord God of hosts, God of Israel, O my strength, our shield

Psalm 62 – my rock and my salvation, my mighty rock, my refuge,

Isaiah 47 – Our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts, the Holy One of Israel,

Psalm 68 – the One of Sinai, the God of Israel, our salvation, Him who rides in the heavens the one who gives power and strength to his people

Isaiah 49 – the Lord your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob

Psalm 70 – my help and my deliverer, a rock of refuge, my fortress, my hope, my trust, He who took me from my mother’s womb

Genesis 17 – God Almighty

Genesis 21 – the Everlasting God

Genesis 24 – the God of Abraham

Genesis 49 – the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel

Exodus 15 – my strength and my song, a man of war, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders, your Healer

Exodus 17 – my Banner

Exodus 22 – compassionate

Exodus 29 – the Lord their God

Psalm 71 – a rock of refuge, my rock and my fortress, my hope, my trust, my strong refuge

Isaiah 54 – your husband, the Holy One of Israel, your Redeemer, the God of the whole earth

Deuteronomy 6 – one, a jealous God

Deuteronomy 7 – God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations, and repays to their face those who hate Him, by destroying them

Deuteronomy 9 – a consuming fire, God of gods and Lord of lords, the mighty, the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the fatherless and the widow and loves the sojourner, giving him food and water

Deuteronomy 32 – just and upright

1 Samuel 2 – a God of knowledge

Isaiah 57 – the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy

2 Samuel 7 – Lord of Hosts, God over Israel, God,

Isaiah 60 – your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty one of Jacob, your everlasting light, your glory, the Lord

Hebrews 1 – the Majesty on High

Hebrews 12 – the Judge of all

Psalm 7 – a righteous judge, a God who feels indignation every day

1 Kings 19 – the God of hosts

1 Kings 2 – the God of Elijah

2 Kings 19 – the God of all the kingdoms of the earth

1 Chronicles 16 – the Lord our God

Isaiah 26 – an everlasting rock

Isaiah 63 – our Father, our Redeemer from old

Isaiah 64 – our Father, our potter

Isaiah 65 – the God of truth

Nehemiah 8 – the great God

Nehemiah 9 – a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, our God, the great, the mighty and the awesome God

Job 9 – wise in heart and mighty in strength

Job 11 – manifold in understanding

Psalm 29 – the God of glory, king forever

Psalm 38 – my salvation

Psalm 42 – the living God

Psalm 44 – my King

Psalm 47 – the King of all the earth

Psalm 50 – Judge

Psalm 57 – God Most High

Psalm 59 – the God who shows me steadfast love

Psalm 68 – father of the fatherless and protector of widows, a God of salvation

Psalm 73 – the strength of my heart, the rock of my heart, my portion forever

Psalm 77 – the God who works wonders

Psalm 80 – the Shepherd of Israel

Psalm 83 – Most High over all the earth

Psalm 84 – Lord of hosts, my King and my God, a sun and shield

Psalm 86 – good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast loving to all who call on You, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in the steadfast love and faithfulness

Psalm 89 – the Holy One of Israel

Psalm 90 – our dwelling place in all generations

Psalm 91 – my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust

Psalm 94 – my stronghold, the rock of my refuge

Psalm 95 – the rock of our salvation, a great God, a great King, above all gods, our Maker

Psalm 97 – most high over all the earth, exalted far above all gods

Psalm 111 – gracious and merciful

Psalm 118 – my strength and my song, my salvation, cornerstone

Psalm 119 – my hiding place and my shield, your keeper, your shade on your right hand

Psalm 132 – the Mighty One of Jacob

Psalm 136 – the God of heaven

Psalm 140 – my Lord, the strength of my salvation

Psalm 144 – my steadfast love, my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge

Psalm 145 – gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, good to all, righteous in all His ways and loving toward all He has made, near to all who call on Him

Isaiah 57 – Holy

Isaiah 63 – our Father, our Redeemer from old

Jeremiah 3 – the salvation of Israel

Jeremiah 10 – the true God, the living God and the everlasting King

Jeremiah 14 – the hope of Israel

Jeremiah 17 – my praise

Jeremiah 23 – our righteousness

Jeremiah 32 – the God of all flesh

Jeremiah 50 – their habitation of righteousness, the hope of their fathers

Daniel 2 – God of gods, Lord of kings, revealer of mysteries

Hosea 11 – God, and not a man, the Holy One in your midst

Hosea 12 – the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord

Joel 2 – gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love

Joel 3 - a refuge to His people, a stronghold to the people of Israel

Amos 6 – the God of hosts

Jonah 4 – a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster

Micah 4 – the Lord of the whole earth

Micah 7 – the God of my salvation, a light to me

Nahum 1 – a jealous and avenging God, avenging and wrathful, good, a stronghold in the day of trouble

Habakkuk 1 – my God, my Holy One, O Rock

Habakkuk 3 – the God of my salvation, the Lord, my strength

Zephaniah 3 – the King of Israel, the Lord

Haggai 2 – the Lord of hosts

Malachi 1 – a great King

John 3 – true

John 8 – the light of the world

Matthew 6 – Our Father

Matthew 11 – Lord of heaven and earth

Matthew 26 – Power

Proverbs 2 – a shield to those who walk in integrity

Psalm 10 – King for ever and ever

Psalm 18 – the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless

Mark 11 – your Father who is in heaven

Luke 6 – kind to the ungrateful and the evil

Luke 8 – the Most High God

Luke 20 – the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob

John 1 – the Word

John 3 – spirit

John 10 – greater than all

Psalm 76 – glorious, more majestic than the mountains of prey

Acts 7 – the God of glory, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob

Romans 1 - my witness

Romans 4 - Hom who justifies the ungodly

Romans 8 - He who searches hearts, He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all 

Romans 10 - Lord of all 

Psalm 103 - very great, clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as a garment 

Psalm 109 - God of my praise

Psalm 147 - abundant in power

Romans 15 - the God of endurance and encouragement, hope 

1 Corinthians 1 - faithful 

1 Corinthians 14 - a God of peace 

1 John 1 - light, faithful and just 

2 Corinthians 1 - the Father of mercies and God of all comfort 

2 Corinthians 3 - the Spirit 

2 Corinthians 4 - He who raised the Lord Jesus 

2 Corinthians 13 - the God of love and peace 

Galatians 1 - Him who called you in the grace of Christ, He who had set me apart before I was born and who called me by His grace 

Ephesians 1 - the Father of glory

Ephesians 3 - Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think

Philippians 4 - the God of peace, good, the God of gods

Psalm 136 - the Lord of lords, Him who alone does great wonders, Him who by understanding made the heavens, Him who spread out the earth above the waters, Him who made the great lights, Him who remembered us in our low estate, He who gives food to all flesh, the God of heaven

1 Timothy 1 - the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God

1 Timothy 4 - the Savior of all people 

Hebrews 3 - the builder of all things 

Hebrews 6 - not unjust 

Hebrews 8 - the Majesty 

Hebrews 13 - the great shepherd of the sheep 

James 1 - the Father of lights 

1 Peter 5 - the God of all grace 

1 John 4 - love 

Jude - Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy, the only God, our Savior 

Revelation 1 - the Alpha and the Omega, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty

Revelation 4 - Holy, holy, holy

Revelation 15 - King of the nations

Revelation 22 - the God of the spirits of the prophets, their light 

... and far, far more. I pray this reminds you of two crucial truths: 1. God is the huge, unfathomable, Almighty Creator and King, and 2. God pursues you because He truly wants you. And that is enough to keep me thinking and wondering for a long time. Pray for Him to open your eyes to more of who He is. I promise that He will answer.