ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

 

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

 

ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

 

Ps 50:21

21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

 

Num 23:19

19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

 

Luke 19:20-21

20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

 

          Much of our difficulties with God are born from our misunderstanding of Him. God spends his time trying to fashion us like Himself and we spend our time trying to make God in our image.

 

          Naaman, the leper, is one example of this misunderstanding. He was a man of privilege and was certain that God would recognize this. He thought the prophet would come out to him with great ceremony, wave his hand magically over the diseased spot, shake a rattle, and spit on the ground. With great fanfare the spot would be gone. Instead the prophet told him to simply go and dip seven times in the Jordan. That’s it? That’s all? (2 Kings 5) Like Naaman, we often remain unhealthy, unchanged, and unfulfilled because our image of Him is flawed.

 

          Invest some time today challenging your own concept of God. What kind of God is He? How did you arrive at that image? In what ways are you defeating yourself by humanizing God? I know, these are uncomfortable challenges but I think you will find this exercise rewarding.

 

Heb 1:1-2

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

 

Ps 50:15

15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

 

Mysterious God, you have revealed yourself in your Son and in your Word. Yet you are unfathomable. Keep me from thinking and acting ignorantly. AMEN