the moon and the stars you set in place—
what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?" (Psalm 8:3-4)
I look forward on Sunday mornings to reading the newsletter from Life International this week is no exception. Have a blessed Sunday.
God's "Crazy" Love
with Francis Chan
God's majesty tells us some very important things about Him.
God is eternal. Each of us had a beginning; everything in existence began on a particular day, at a specific time. Everything, that is, but God. God exists outside of time, but since we are within time, there is no way we will ever totally grasp that concept. It is ridiculous for us to think we have the right to limit God to something we are capable of comprehending.
God is all-powerful. Colossians 1:16 tells us that everything was created for God. Don't we live instead as though God is created for us, to do our bidding, to bless us, and to take care of our loved ones?
Psalm 115:3 reveals, "Our God is in heaven; He does whatever pleases Him." As much as we want God to explain Himself to us, His creation, we are in no place to demand that He give an account to us.
God is holy. A lot of people say that whatever you believe about God is fine, so long as you are sincere. But that is comparable to describing your friend in one sentence as a three-hundred-pound sumo wrestler and in another as a five-foot-two, ninety-pound gymnast. No matter how sincere your explanations, both descriptions cannot be true. We don't get to decide who God is. "God said to Moses, 'I Am who I Am.'" (Exodus 3:14) We don't change that.
To say that God is holy is to say that He is set apart, distinct from us. And because of His set apart-ness, there is no way we can ever fathom all of who He is. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that our words can't contain Him.
God is all-knowing. He knows each of us deeply and specifically. He knows our thoughts before we think them, our actions before we commit them, who we are and what we're about. Nothing we think, feel or do comes as a surprise to Him.
It is sobering to realize that this same God, who is holy, eternal and all-powerful, and who is the Maker of the billions of galaxies and thousands of species in the rainforest, takes the time to know all the little details about each of us.
God is good and just. God is the only Being who is good and the standards are set by Him. God is righteous and hates sin. This eternal, all-powerful, all-knowing, good God loves us. He wants us, chooses us, even considers us His inheritance. (Ephesians 1:18)
The greatest knowledge we can ever have is to know that God treasures us. Our love for Him always comes out of His love for us. The greatest good on this earth is God. God's one goal for us is Himself, because His love for us is crazy and unfathomable.
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