What
pops to mind when you think of God? An angry old man? Zeus holding a
lightening bolt, ready to strike you down if you step out of line? A
kind-hearted, well-meaning, but irrelevant grandfather? George Burns?
Morgan Freeman?
God
has all the same emotions we do (where do you think we got them
from?). Is he mostly glad or mostly angry?
Tell
me in the comments.
I'll
go first. My picture of God is my Lover-King. He's my King, my
Savior, my Lord – I desire his will in my life not my own. When
there's a conflict, I want to lose, although my flesh and lack of
faith sometimes get in the way. (Just being honest here, bloggers can
do that, right? :)
But
first He's my Lover. My best friend. My spiritual bridegroom. That's
not a sexual thing, it's a spiritual thing. It's personal. It's all
about covering and living under the protection of the shelter of his
wings (read Psalm 91). The Bible calls it “entering into his rest”
(read Hebrews). His “rest” isn't sleeping late, but it's the lack
of anxiety and worry that comes from experiencing his protection and
guidance over my life. I'm excited not afraid of the future,
regardless of what I see going on around me in the culture and the
world.
I
believe God's mostly glad.
I
can't wait to hear your thoughts in the comments. What's your picture
of God?
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