If God had a name what would it be? And would you call it to his face? If you were faced with Him in all His glory. What would you ask if you had just one question?
There are many names for God, each with a powerful and deep meaning that we call out to His face everyday. His glory surrounds us in all His creation. The problem is the questions and requests we often ask of Him, are quite often selfish. We tend to only cry out when we need something. And we rarely take the time to simply thank Him for the abundance we have.
1 Chronicles 16:11 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
Ephesians 6:18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us. Just a stranger on the bus, trying to make his way home?
God was one of us. And he was a slob like one of us. He lowered Himself to become us to take away our sins. He lowered Himself to the point of being born in a feeding trough for animals. A king was never born this way, much less The King of Kings. He wasn't born in a palace surrounded by riches. He was born in filth surrounded by animals. And His life would continue to be a lowering right up to His death. But all of this was His journey on the bus. Because without His loving act, we would never be able to find our way home.
Hebrews 2:7 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
If God had a face what would it look like? And would you want to see if, seeing meant that you would have to believe in things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints, and all the prophets?
This is the saddest part of the whole song. And unfortunately, will be the outcome at the end of the age. Many people will see Him coming, and see His face and they still won't believe. We as humans have a problem with taking responsibility for our actions. We pile on excuses, throw blame, or seek to harm another just to cover our shame. We've been doing it since the garden. We made a vale attempt to hide our sin then, and we continue to this day. Seeing and believing, means we give up control. We don't like being told what to do. From childhood to the golden years we fight for control. But we miss out on the greatest gift possible when we try and keep control...God's Grace.
John 20:29 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed."
Just tryin to make his way home. Like back up to heaven all alone. Nobody callin on the phone...
I can't even begin to fathom what that last day was like for Messiah. The excruciating feeling of pain and loneliness. Because He was alone. Despised by His people. Removed from the Father. Carrying the entirety of mankind's sin. And in those last dark moments, He did make one last call. He called out to the Father, 'Why have you forsaken me?' See folks, Messiah had to be removed from the Father to save mankind. Death, sin, or sacrifice could not inhabit heaven. He had to become a slob like one of us. He had to lower Himself, be beaten, be ridiculed, be despised, and be crucified as our sacrifice.
Isaiah 53:3-5 We despised him and rejected him; he endured suffering and pain. No one would even look at him—we ignored him as if he were nothing.“But he endured the suffering that should have been ours, the pain that we should have borne. All the while we thought that his suffering was punishment sent by God. But because of our sins he was wounded, beaten because of the evil we did. We are healed by the punishment he suffered, made whole by the blows he received.
All of this done out of love for a creation who wants nothing to do with Him. Is your control worth eternity? Our Creator was one of us. He became a slob like one of us, because He loved us. And without His love, we could never find our way back home.
