God's Nature

We are mere human beings.  Merely flesh and bone with blood flowing through us, and a brain than can, on occasion produce some amazing thoughts.  We are different.  We speak differently, some of us eat strange foods, we dress differently, and look differently with a variety of skin tones.  Some are poor and impoverished.  Some are rich beyond measure.

We are human beings and every one of us has been created in the image and likeness of God, meaning there is a God spot inside each of us that can only be filled by God himself.

When I watch the Olympics, I am often reminded that though we are different, each athlete, coach and support team member has a name and is known by God.

Philip Yancey provides us with this insight.

“God loves people because of who God is,

not because of who we are.”

~Philip Yancey

What’s so Amazing about Grace?

If God judged us on our bank account size, many would be left wanting.

If he judged us on looks, where would we rank?

What if he favored a particular climate?  Is the equator hell on earth?  Is Siberia the most desolate place God could come up with and he never visits there?

The answer is “NO” on both counts.  

Part of the answer is found in Psalm 8:4.  He favored us, considers us, trusts us, redeems us and calls to us.

I grew up in a small town in Tennessee.  It was not a thriving metropolis like New York City or LA.  If God were to favor a region, surely it would be an area like that, don’t you think?

He is much bigger than that, thankfully.  The God that I write about is no respecter of people.  He doesn’t grade on money or looks. 

He doesn’t grade at all.

His standard is “you are my child, I have redeemed you.  I have called you by name.” Isaiah 43:1

That has universal appeal. 

That one verse includes everyone – all the athletes, all the good guys who wear white hats, all the bad guys who wear guns concealed beneath their clothing.

That seems to include you and me.  How about that?

I am loved because of who God is. 

Enough said!

P Michael Biggs

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