It doesn’t make sense, does it? The
perfect, all powerful God of heaven disrupted the ideal nature and the calm of
His heavenly home to create…people. "For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
eternal life.” (Joh 3:16). But, why? Why did He make us? Why does He love us? I
have wondered how much I could possibly ever love a person who had helped cause
the death of my child, yet God does just that. “But God shows His love for us
in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Rom 5:8) Even though
He knew we would fail Him. He knew we would struggle to live like we love Him.
But He created us, and He sacrificed His ONLY Son for us.
Love is the only answer that makes
any sense…and even that idea stretches greatly my capacity for love. You see,
we are made in the “image” of God. (Gen 1:26) He made us like Him in various
ways. To fathom God’s desire to make me, I think back to my own desire to
become a father. I certainly knew my children would, at some point, let me
down. Even in their innocence, they don’t always make my life easier. But I
chose fatherhood so that I could LOVE my children.
This is the explanation that God
gives for making and loving us unconditionally. “Looking to Jesus, the founder
and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross, ..” (Heb 12:2) We are His joy. Providing us with a chance to
be saved is what caused our Father in Heaven to create us, and it is precisely
what held Him to the cross. It was His choice to “make a wretch His treasure.”
It is sometimes a good thing to look
into the depths of our souls and truly realize how empty, lost, and worthless
we would be if God hadn’t chosen to love us. It’s not a self-confidence thing,
it’s just the truth. Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven. (Mat 5:3) Now, how will you live for the God who loves
you like this?
----Darrell
Powell
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