FOR GOD IS LOVE. It is easy to mistake the character of God. Often we think Him wrathful and are afraid of Him. But in Jesus on the cross, God meets us, accepts us, blesses us, and assures us that there is no more fury in Him. Jesus is the basis for hope: He turns away the fury of God, and I receive love and hope. God will not refuse my application, despise my prayer, or drive me from His throne. From henceforth there is comfort: if there is no fury in God, the wrath of man is vain, the rage of hell is harmless, my dread of death is unfounded, my fear of rejection is childish, my alarm at the approach of judgment is causeless. Here is a call for gratitude and praise. There is no fury in God, for I am His child, and I may draw near and confide in Him, I may expect good things from Him and I ought to praise Him. There is no fury in God, then whom shall I fear? Of what shall I be afraid? He is a refuge in trouble, a well of living water in the desert, a garden in the wilderness, a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God. God is not wrath but love to me. Christian, be careful what views you entertain of your God.

For Meditation:
Fury is not in me, but love,
Behold the proof: my Son I gave!
And still my tender mercies move,
From sin, and death, and hell to save.