[13] Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear Him. [14] For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
God is well aware that we are imperfect people. One reason why God is so slow to show anger at us is because He understands how imperfect we are and He wants us to take the time to comprehend our own mistakes. Just as a godly father disciplines his child because he loves him (Hebrews 12:2-13), the Lord demonstrates mercy and compassion toward His children through forgiveness of sin and blessing, in spite of our weakness.
Think of it this way. God’s standards are still perfection and He still wants us to make the effort to turn from sin as much as possible. There is a great reason to praise Him as found here. If we take the effort to praise Him, that will keep us close to Him. However, no matter how hard we try, we will still be imperfect people.This doesn’t mean we should give up trying, it just means God understands we are imperfect.
God is also very aware of the fact that our time on earth is relatively short. The reason He does not usually take us to heaven right after we discover who He is, is because He wants us to grow in Him and be witnesses to other people. God gives us the privilege of sharing His love with others around us. That also is a reason and a method of praising God with our lives.
God made us so He certainly knows the stuff (“dust”) that was used to create us. In dust are the same elements found in human bodies. In that sense, we as humans were first literally formed from the dust through Adam and we return to dust. This is a reminder of just how frail and temporal we are as well as a reminder for us to have a correct perspective of who we are in relation to a holy infinite God.
God is well aware that we are imperfect people. One reason why God is so slow to show anger at us is because He understands how imperfect we are and He wants us to take the time to comprehend our own mistakes. Just as a godly father disciplines his child because he loves him (Hebrews 12:2-13), the Lord demonstrates mercy and compassion toward His children through forgiveness of sin and blessing, in spite of our weakness.
Think of it this way. God’s standards are still perfection and He still wants us to make the effort to turn from sin as much as possible. There is a great reason to praise Him as found here. If we take the effort to praise Him, that will keep us close to Him. However, no matter how hard we try, we will still be imperfect people.This doesn’t mean we should give up trying, it just means God understands we are imperfect.
God is also very aware of the fact that our time on earth is relatively short. The reason He does not usually take us to heaven right after we discover who He is, is because He wants us to grow in Him and be witnesses to other people. God gives us the privilege of sharing His love with others around us. That also is a reason and a method of praising God with our lives.
God made us so He certainly knows the stuff (“dust”) that was used to create us. In dust are the same elements found in human bodies. In that sense, we as humans were first literally formed from the dust through Adam and we return to dust. This is a reminder of just how frail and temporal we are as well as a reminder for us to have a correct perspective of who we are in relation to a holy infinite God.