Exodus 3:13-14 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

Let me clarify this one issue before we get started, I am not what I do. Neither is God.

All my life I have heard unbelievers chastise me for believing in a God who does evil. It often comes down to an act in which they judge God and by association judge me. This all stems from an improper understanding of who God is in personality and character. God told Moses I AM THAT I AM, and that is who God is, in character and personality, consistent, unwavering; the immutable God.

I have identified five character traits of God that are inherent within His personality that are consistent within everything God does in this Word. We as humans seem to be incapable of holding onto our character consistently and we favor one trait over another depending on the circumstance. Not so with God, He never gives way up one characteristic in favor of another in anything He does. Because of this unbelievers are prone to judge actions because that is all they can see.

Pharaoh would not release his slaves to God until Egypt endured ten plagues. It is not lost on me that God’s actions where the motivation behind Pharaoh’s surrender. Neither is it lost on me that Pharaoh sent his army to destroy the slaves that had been set free. The net result of that decision was the loss of his army also. Who does that remind you of in scripture?

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Leviticus 1:6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

Thus begins the process of preparing the sacrifice to the Lord. Beginning always at the head as instructed and cutting a straight way down to the hips, so that all the inward parts should be exposed and dealt with according to the instructions given.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

We are to be a living sacrifice, where the Word of God, cuts straight to expose our inward parts, to see them in truth, and then to deal with it in accordance with His instructions.

The workman that needs not be ashamed is the one who has allowed the Word to expose the inner man and then dealt with him according to instructions. Too often we take this as being a onetime sacrifice and we care not to come to the alter again.

1 Corinthians 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

As often as I come to follow these instructions, I find less and less to correct but come I do and not just for correction. I also come for direction.

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Isaiah 42:16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

He will do this for us if we come to His Word for both correction and direction.