God’s North Side
Do we see God in the true light of Scripture? True discipline is hard to find. We have seen the South side of God so long that we have forgotten the mysterious side of God. The Puritans talked about the stormy side of God. In the Book of Solomon the Shulamite called for the cold North wind and the soft south wind to blow upon her garden that its spices may flow out in abundance for you in whom my soul delights. She knew it took both the good and the bad, the soft and the hard to make the spices to flow out to bless others.
The Israelites saw both sides of God as He led them out of Egypt with His mighty power. His wonders caused the Egyptians cause them to let them go and gave up their wealth. They saw the wonders kill the Egyptians, the north side and the soft side that saved the Israelites. The south side saved Israel as the waters stood up and they passed on dry land. The north side brought the walls of water down upon their enemies.
We see the north side turn against Israel as they tried to go into the Promise Land after God said no. Their unbelief caused them to wonder in the wilderness forty years and die there. Jeremiah saw it as God mended some vessels and others he broke others to piece. God spoke to Hosea to tell the people you are mine Hosea 2:1-3. You have been pitied and have obtained mercy, but if you won't turn away from your harlotry and your adulteries then He would turn on the his north side and make you as the day you were born naked. You will become like a wilderness, a parched land, and I will slay you with thirst. He will send terrible enemies against you, if you don’t repent. Doesn’t this sound like America and what is happening to us.
Isn’t God sounding the alarm for America to wake up and turn back to God? He had blessed America so much, but we have turned away from Him and gone our own way. Our preachers preach and teach a one sided God of blessing, but have failed to teach the whole counsel of God. To be complete in Christ to grow to full statue in Him, we must be strong, disciplined, and ready to stand up for God and the right. We have seen the South side of God, but now we are seeing the judgment side of Him.
Sodom and Gomorrah turned to their own way and God buried them under the ashes, unless we wake up God can do the same to us. He is full of mercy, let’s call out to Him personally, and as a nation to turn back and seek His face. 11Peter 3:9 God is long suffering not willing that any should perish, but all come to repentance.
