“If God were small enough to be understood, he wouldn’t be big enough to be worshipped.”
― Timothy J. Keller, Walking with God through Pain and Suffering
MICAH 6-7
8He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
REVELATION 12
“Now have come the salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God,
and the authority of his Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,
who accuses them before our God day and night,
has been hurled down.
11They triumphed over him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much
as to shrink from death.
JOURNAL
- Act Justly
- Love Mercy
- Walk Humbly with God
- Triumph through Sacrifice
- Obedience over self-indulgence
Here are pearls of scripture, sitting right in the middle of confusing prophecy . Although every word of scripture is "God-breathed" I often wonder if part of the purpose is to have us persist in reading even when it doesn't make sense or is confusing.
That is precisely how I have experienced God. So often life is confusing...doesn't make sense and yet we are commanded to trust and follow regardless of the circumstances. Often in private moments and some public I have questioned the process. I have wanted guarantees and logical explanations. But what I find is that guarantees and logical explanations seem to be on the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to faith. In fact if we had fully explainable facts then it would no longer be faith. We don't have faith in gravity.
Most of the details about Jesus and his life is somewhat illogical. On the surface, God sacrificing his son and having him pay the penance of sin makes no sense. Then there is the manger, the running from Herod, the shepherds, pagan wise men...it's all messy and illogical and yet when it comes to the Christmas story, that's exactly what makes it beautiful. God never really seems to work in the obvious or the logical...yet too often that's what I want.
Hmmm...maybe that's the problem, hoping and expecting God to act in sensible, human ways. Is that why we have scripture...to show us that God logic is not human logic? I think so...and even more reason to trust it and follow it.
- Act Justly
- Love Mercy
- Walk Humbly with God
- Triumph through Sacrifice
- Obedience over self-indulgence
That is precisely how I have experienced God. So often life is confusing...doesn't make sense and yet we are commanded to trust and follow regardless of the circumstances. Often in private moments and some public I have questioned the process. I have wanted guarantees and logical explanations. But what I find is that guarantees and logical explanations seem to be on the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to faith. In fact if we had fully explainable facts then it would no longer be faith. We don't have faith in gravity.
Most of the details about Jesus and his life is somewhat illogical. On the surface, God sacrificing his son and having him pay the penance of sin makes no sense. Then there is the manger, the running from Herod, the shepherds, pagan wise men...it's all messy and illogical and yet when it comes to the Christmas story, that's exactly what makes it beautiful. God never really seems to work in the obvious or the logical...yet too often that's what I want.
Hmmm...maybe that's the problem, hoping and expecting God to act in sensible, human ways. Is that why we have scripture...to show us that God logic is not human logic? I think so...and even more reason to trust it and follow it.
9He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, 10but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
2 TIMOTHY 1:9-10
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