All tagged God is Like
While those words may bring comfort to some, it has always brought a heavy onto my heart. I used to not be able to articulate why that “security blanket” felt so heavy, so stifling…so suffocating, until after many years of walking with Jesus gave me the courage to call it what it is: a load of religious shit.
If you aren’t aware of how shitty it is, I’ll try and help spell it out for you.
These are mediations on God’s Fatherhood. Each meant to complete the sentence: As a Good Father, God….(#2: …Is a Generous giver. A father wants to give to his kids. He can’t stop it. Yesterday’s gifts aren’t enough for a good father. There are always new things to give.
We have this beautiful poem in the New Testament—the Kenosis Hymn—to invite us into the same “Aha moment” that the early church celebrated and commemorated. This “Aha” will change the way you see everything. It will redefine strength and godlikeness. It will become a flaming example of humility that burns away all pride and fear of smallness…
Have you ever heard that when Jesus returns, he’ll rule the nations with a rod of iron? What image comes to mind? If you’re like me, a picture of muscly Rambo-Jesus crushing rebellion with a heavy fist is somehow the first picture that pops up. Funny. But not so funny. Because it’s not true.
God is not just a good idea. God isn’t wanting to control you. God isn’t a hoop to jump through. He isn’t a guru or stoic zen-master. God isn’t aloof. He isn’t complicated. He isn’t just for the really smart, really good or really deep. God is a tangible reality. God is abundant and accessible. Lean back and relax. Lean in and step forward. We have to sway to remain in God. He has sway with us. And we have sway with Him.
