The Audaciousness of God
Though we do not find the word ‘audacious’ in the Bible to describe God, we do find verses of Scripture that would point to the fact that He is an Audacious God. The term ‘audacious,’ when it comes to God, simply means: Boldness, fearlessness, maybe even daring, originality. Someone said, “The character of God is absolutely filled with what we might call holy audacity – His boldness, His willingness to act beyond human expectation, His fearless intervention in history, and His unapologetic declarations of who He is.”
God was audacious when He spoke and life as we know it was created. His boldness proved His ability to be able to bring reality from nothing.
We find God unafraid to confront those who oppose Him. Pharaoh found that out when He tried to dismiss God as a mere myth, saying, “Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice?” God showed Him who He was in what followed, bringing to its knees the greatest kingdom up to that time.
God was bold in declaring who He was without apology. In Isaiah 46:9 He says, “I am God, and there is no other.” He had no fear in emphasizing His sovereign control and authority.
God showed His audacity in overriding even His own laws of creation when it was needed, as in the parting of the Red Sea, sending fire from Heaven, making it rain, thunder, or hail, calming the Sea, etc.
He caused the walls of Jericho to fall, showing that He is able to work beyond human understanding. And the ultimate displays of God’s holy boldness, His fearless intervention, was when He became human and dwelt among us, and then defied death and hell and the grave by being raised from the dead.
One writer gave this, “Why “audaciousness” fits God so well God’s actions are: Bold — He does what no one expects. Fearless — He confronts kings, nations, and death itself. Unapologetic — He declares who He is without hesitation. Creative — He speaks worlds into being. Interventionist — He steps into human history with power.
The Bible is the story of a God who refuses to be small.”
And this is the same God we serve and trust today! We don’t have to fear, worry or be defeated when we have a God like this who is willing and able to meet our every need as He sees fit!