DAY 48
High View
In our Ladies Bible Fellowship Study this morning, our leader made this statement: “What you believe about God is the most important thing about you.” That is a statement to ponder.
We talked a lot about having a “high view” of God and what that means. As I was thinking about that before hand, I thought about His ultimate holiness, His complete perfection, His immeasurable goodness, His unwavering faithfulness, His unconditional love, His overarching wisdom, His limitless power and on and on. Emphatically, He is high, high above me. Unquestionably I believe this. Is He so high that He is unreachable? I don’t believe that. His Word tells me that he knows me, loves me and wants to have a relationship with me. This is not a new revelation for me, but the expanse between his high position and my lowliness was driven home once again by this pondering. And then the beeper goes off and I am reminded that God wants to connect with me more often. He wants the connection to be moment by moment. I am humbled and overwhelmed by this privilege.
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It is difficult at times, to see God as ultimately Holy and intimate at the same time. Years ago, I started looking at Him this way: I imagine a King sitting on His throne, busy with Kingdom business. Many important people want his time and attention. As his child (me) peers through the door, he sees and motions to come close. I imagine that child running to the King and sitting on His lap, totally content and loved. Everything and everyone else is unimportant when His child is near.
All God wants is a relationship with each of us. Not a relationship like a distant Grandparent or Uncle but a face-to-face relationship. The difficulty is when we don't want Him to see us that close! As I'm allowing Him to come closer, I've seen more of the things (sin) in my life that don't look very pretty next to His Holiness. It makes me want to get rid of them, something I could never do before. This time is different because it's Him doing the cleaning. All I have to do is obey when I hear His voice. That brings so much freedom! He takes care of the mess and I get to live freely in His love! Why wouldn't we want to live face-to-face with Jesus?
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