Recently I had a conversation with some friends about the “Nature of God” and this was my conclusion: The more I think about God and grow my relationship, the more of Him I understand and the less of Him I understand, and that is honestly brilliant. He is as close as my father yet as wondrous as GOD… Although He can be perceived as mysterious, His desire is to be known intimately by His children and this, this is His gift to his creation, that He freely shares His desire and plans and hopes for us all.
In Micah chapter 6 vs.: 6-7, the prophet lays out a serious of questions that perhaps you have asked of God, I know I have, “With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, Ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” Really, what can we give God and why does He allow us to worship Him? He does not request our worship to fulfill His ego and He does not require our offerings because he is lacking. God is complete and content within Himself. If I was to give God my firstborn, the ancients would call this “the gift of legacy”; it would not come close to matching the legacy of God! So the obvious question is what can I do?
Micah in verse 8 lays outs God’s heart for us, “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” DO, Love, Walk are all dynamic verbs, meaning that they are still at work, they have yet to find completion or end. The nature of the above statements makes us more concerned for the welfare of others and more dependent on God. In insuring justice and mercy for those who might not ever be aware of us or able to repay us, we are given a glimpse into the nature of our God. In walking humbly with our God we are allowed to grow an intimate relationship with our Father in Heaven.
The New Testament has a brilliant example of a dynamic verb; in John 3:16, the second half of the verse, it states, “…that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” God gives His son so that we, unworthy & undeserving, might believe and receive His gift and inherit His eternal legacy! We can do nothing within ourselves but when we understand His gift and receive it, worship and giving of all to Him becomes our natural response to this supernatural act. That I understand but I still don’t truly know why God does what He does. That is why I say, the more of Him I understand and the less of Him I understand, and that is truly brilliant.
So on today why not ask God how you can; DO, LOVE & WALK and deiced to respond!
