Advent blog – December 3
Showing us who God really is
What happened to you and the person I challenged you to speak to yesterday? Was it good?
Down through the centuries we have struggled to describe what God was like. The Greeks thought of passionless gods who looked at humans in calm, unfeeling ways. Seeing them almost as their playthings. The Jews thought about Him as a tyrant, a stern and demanding judge.
With the birth and life of Jesus we see a caring, compassionate, hard working, people-person God. A God who is so passionate about people that He is driven to do something about injustice, pain, heartache, loneliness and suffering. Christmas gives us hope as it connects us to Jesus who really understands the human race because He was a human being. It also reveals to us what God is really like.
This is not my opinion alone. In the Book of Hebrews 1 verses 1-3 I found these words:
“Going through a long line of prophets, God has been addressing our ancestors in different ways for centuries. Recently he spoke to us directly through his Son. By his Son, God created the world in the beginning, and it will all belong to the Son at the end. This Son perfectly mirrors God, and is stamped with God's nature.”
So why not pause in your agenda for today and take a look at one of the incidents in Jesus life and discover something about Him that will help your situation today. You can do this by going to the Bible and reading something from the books called Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.They are filled with wonderful incidents in the life of Jesus as He connects to a whole range of people from the homeless to government officials, from the sick to influential, rich people. After you have done this:
My challenge to you today is to be honest with yourself and ask, “in what way has Jesus changed my personal view of God?”
Feel free to contact me through our info@thewateringhole.org.uk and I will do my best to answer your questions.
