God created us to
be in an intimate relationship with him.
He came to dwell with us for awhile in the person of Jesus. To the naked eye He was no one special, just
the son of Mary and Joseph living in a small town in Galilee . When He grew up He hung around with His
disciples, wined and dined with the town’s people, fully becoming one of us
‘common folks’. That is a good and a
wonderful gift. No other god would do
that, be One with His people and enjoy hanging out with them. But I wonder sometimes if we don’t get so
caught up in the familiarity of Jesus that we forget who He truly is.
He is the God of the universe, the Creator of
this world and of every living thing in it.
He is God, the great I AM who rules and reigns in the heavens and the
earth. If that was all we knew Him for
we would be totally AWE struck and would tremble and bow at the mention of His
name. We would show honor and respect
and without question take our place as His servants, ready and willing to do
whatever He commanded. But we have been
blessed by a God who shows us His more intimate side because He loves us.
Every once in a
while I am jarred in my thinking of who this most intimate relationship in my
life truly is. The disciples had that
jarring event when they were at sea in a storm and were afraid for their
lives. Jesus woke up and rebuked the
winds and the sea and the storm ceased and there came a great calm. These guys were His friends. They had been around Him for awhile, living
together, journeying with Him, partying with Him, and laughing with Him. But in that moment they were jarred in their
thinking and looked at Him. They
marveled and stood in awe and asked, “What sort of man is this, that even winds
and seas obey Him?”
I continue to
marvel at my relationship, my intimate relationship with God through
Jesus. I never want to lose that sense
of being AWE struck at who He is. It
simply makes me love Him more. I don’t
love and serve Him out of a sense of religious duty. I love and serve Him out of a sense of
relationship and devotion. His
familiarity with me enhances my reverence and respect for Him all the more.
In these days of
dummying down everything, I don’t want God to be dummied down…I want to be
devoted up to Him.
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