Don’t let the title of this post upset you just yet…
God is fully God.
There’s no way to describe the greatness, majesty, holiness, perfection, bigness of God…
You could spend eternity…and will…trying to figure God out completely or fully comprehend the depths of His love, power, and grace.
But I wonder sometimes…
Is part of the reason you and I feel so distant from God that we see Him as so big and wonderful…that we believe we could never relate to Him?
What if God was “a friend who sticks closer than a brother“?
How would you relate to Him then?
What if God were a God who would intervene for you, in spite of what you have done, and love you, in spite of who you are?
How would you relate to Him then?
What if God were gentle enough to paint the spots on a lady bug?
How would you relate to Him then?
What if you were created in His image…relational…like He is relational?
Could you relate to Him then?
What if He were willing to die so that He could have a relationship with you?
Could you relate to that kind of God?
Don’t misunderstand…God is fully God…He is holy and there is none like Him…
You and I couldn’t even be in His presence apart from His grace…
He’s always going to be too much God…
But that’s why Jesus came…
He tore the divider between a Holy God and imperfect people…
Instead of remaining too much God…He chose to offer too much grace…
Maybe not “too much grace”, but there’s more available than you’ll ever require…
He designed you and I so we could relate to Him…
That begins as we relate to His Son Jesus…
And then, like other relationships…it takes time, effort, and practice…
To get to know a God who otherwise, would remain too much God…
Tell me, how do you or how are you developing your relationship with God?
