Luke
15:20
“… his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. “
“… his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. “
Rev
19:13-15
“He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, … 14 The armies of heaven were following him…. 15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter.”
“He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, … 14 The armies of heaven were following him…. 15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter.”
Both
of these verses describe attributes of God …if one of them makes you
uncomfortable then your view of God may be inaccurate.
If
you picture God as a Santa Claus like figure on the auction block for your
consideration … or you think He is a cruel judge waiting to zap you when you
make a mistake – then you have been misled.
We
tend to focus on certain aspects of God and insist He fit in the box we’ve made
for Him. We feel the need to grant our approval of His actions, so we try to
explain what He allows and rationalize everything that happens. When men can’t do this, many will either declare
God does not exist - or reject Him…
But
the created should not expect to fully comprehend the creator.
Job
says, “God is so great that he is beyond our understanding”. The great theologian John Wesley said, “Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and
I will show you a man that can comprehend the Triune God.”
God is much bigger than you think He
is - and the
importance of grasping that is impossible to over-emphasize.
We
must not cling to one characteristic of God and ignore the others. If you are not aware of the “mighty warrior”
side of God then you cannot understand the price that was paid for access to
the “Loving Father” side of God.
To
not comprehend the repulsion and rage of a Holy Deity at your sin…is to not
understand the dreadfulness of the Cross.
It is to not grasp the magnitude of what took place at Calvary.
The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom…recognizing that our feeble
attempts to define God are inadequate is the first step towards seeing the
immensity of the Great I Am. What good would a god be that was little enough
for you to explain?
No
matter how we try to define God our box is too small…The righteous, powerful
warrior is also the merciful Father who loves you …. So, stop trying to explain
what you cannot comprehend and focus on what He has revealed to you in His
word.
Just
a glimpse of His grandeur… will produces a reverence that makes offering to Him
anything less than all you have, unthinkable.
“As
the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and
my thoughts than your thoughts.” – God
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