Verse of the Week: “No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.” (John 1:18)
Truth of the Week: God is not aloof. He is not distant and disconnected, nor is He isolated and removed. We can know this for certain by looking at Jesus – who perfectly reveals to us what the Father is like.
When the King of kings robed Himself in flesh and walked upon this earth He chose to engage in relationships. He had a family and friends. He went to weddings and parties and funerals. He ate and drank and enjoyed fellowship with others. He talked to people about their hearts and about His heart. Rather than hiding Himself away from the messiness of mankind, He walked with them through the intimacy of everyday life. He invited people to know Him.
This is the kind of God we have – a God who is involved in our lives and who desires us to experience a rich and real relationship with Him. A God who did not abandon us when we abandoned Him. A God who pursued us and paid the highest price imaginable that we might know and enjoy Him. A God who delights to reveal Himself to us and bids us to find in Him all that are souls are starving for.
May we draw near to our God and find in Him more than we dare to ask or imagine.
Quote of the Week: “However, the glorious, central fact of Christianity is that God has made a full and final revelation of Himself which has made Him understandable, accessible, and desirable to the simplest and most fearful of us. He has done this in a Son…We need to look, then, no farther than the face of Jesus Christ to see God, and to know him as He really is.” (Roy Hession, We Would See Jesus)
