Somewhere, hidden in the dark recesses of every human being, there is the knowledge that somewhere out there, there is someone who is bigger than them. A higher being.
We try to cover it up with denial, with our theories, with rationalization-but the truth is at the core of every human being, they know there is someone out there who is beyond comprehension. And that fact alone scares us. No one wants to believe that compared to this being, they are completely powerless, that there is someone out there that no amount of studying can ever help us to even begin to understand.
We don’t want to be powerless.
Deep within us is the knowledge that there is someone out there that is worthy of our love, worship and obedience, and that has absolute power over our lives whether we like it or not.
The sad truth is, people would rather believe in Satan, than believe in God.
Why anyone would rather choose to believe that there is an evil lord out there whose only thought is to hurt me rather than an all loving God is beyond me.
No wait, it’s not.
Satan is simple, he can be defined by our natural minds. He is not all powerful, nor omnipresent or omnipotent. Thus, he is easier to understand, and because we can put limits on him and understand him to an extent, we are more comfortable accepting him.
People don’t want to believe in God, because they have wrong paradigms about Him. We don’t understand Him, and thus we are intimidated by Him.
But our poor little minds, cannot even begin to comprehend a God, who is all powerful, created the heavens and the earth, has absolute power and has no beginning. Just consider with me for a second, Genesis 1:1;
“In the beginning God…”
Now I’m going to stop you right there, yes I know that it continues “created the heavens and the earth”, but how often do you stop to just consider those four words.
In the beginning…..GOD.
“But wait!” We say, “who created God!? Where did He come from?”
Our problem with God is that we can’t define Him. Our theories and ideas cannot confine Him. He cannot be measured; He is without beginning and without an end.
Friends, it’s because we are created beings.
We were not meant to comprehend His majesty, it’s part of His mystery.
He puts questions in our hearts that we would draw closer to Him in search of those questions.
His servant Job said this; “He spreads the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing. He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under the weight. He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his clouds over it. He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters, for a boundary between light and darkness. And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! We then can understand the thunder of his power?” (Job 26:7-10,14)
His majesty, and awesome splendor is beyond anything we can understand, but because we know we can’t fully comprehend Him, we’d rather dismiss Him all together than grapple with the deep things of God.
The worst part is, because we’re scared to get lost in the depths of God, we’ve robbed ourselves of the joy of trembling before Him.
We’d rather keep our views that He is a lofty far away being who only shows up to force us into submission with His will, than consider someone our minds cannot comprehend.
But I’m here to tell you, He will reveal Himself to you! He already has!
Through Christ Jesus, His son, He revealed Himself to us. He revealed His heart of love to us, that He would go as far, as to sacrifice the one He loved the most, just so we, could be with Him for eternity.
God longs for you to know Him, to truly know Him, His personality and how He longs for you.
If we really begin to take into consideration someone, who holds all power, but who willingly allows us to choose Him or not, it begins to unnerve us. No one is used to that kind of love. And then we take it a step further, not only does He lovingly allow us our own rights to choose Him or not, He sent His son to die on the cross. Jesus died for us, for all our sins, yet He Himself was sinless. Our minds know the injustice of the sacrifice that was made on our behalf, and yet we choose to scorn Him.
This sacrifice, because we do not understand the weightiness of it, does nothing to move our hearts and help us understand His love for us.
But this is not a story! This was a real man, with real emotions and feelings! He had a body, and suffered beyond description just so that we could know and love the Father the way He does.
Beloved, I think that is what unnerves us truly the most.
Why would a God so incomprehensible humble Himself to the point of dying for His very creation?
Because, He loves you.
Desperately.
Beyond anything you can understand.
Our weak views of love, are nothing compared to the way He feels for us.
And yet we’re so scared of that love. Love that transcends all boundaries. Love that’s so complete it shakes you to your very core.
Do you know that God?
Do you know that God who is so awesome in power that He spoke the world into being? But who is so humble in love He died for the very ones He created?
First, we need to study His majesty. And embrace a real perspective of a incompressible God.
And then study His love in light of His majesty so our hearts are blown away by His sacrifice.
And then it’s a simple choice.
Who wouldn’t love someone who loved them to the point of death?
Because He loved me first…
I love him.
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