How necessary it is to view the Lord like this. He's not an angry slave master. He's not a hard task master. He is loving. He is long-suffering. He is merciful. He came not to destroy men's lives but to save them. He is compassionate. He is long-suffering. I am the Lord. I change not. His sons of Jacob are not consumed. And it's good for us to think his character, his person is set before us here. We can think of people that have come or we have come across in our lives, how different characters. Some have been angry characters. Some might have been like Nabal, like even his wife said, Abigail, he is such a man that you cannot speak unto him. Others might be so gentle. The mothers in Israel, the fathers in Israel, those that are not easy to provoke, those that are A very meek and mild spirit. And even amongst men you see a big contrast. But here our Lord says he is meek and lowly in heart. You come before him not frightened, not fearful. not thinking if I put one word out of place, if I say the wrong thing, he'll jump upon me from a great height, he'll rail upon me, he'll consume me. He will not do that. We are to remember the character of our Lord Jesus Christ, who we're coming to. one that understands, one that is meek and lowly in heart.