Sublime Revelations From a Merciful God

Eventually there comes a time when one must decide who God is to them. We must also realize that, even as we do this, it does not change the nature of God. What we perceive God to be does not make Him so. God IS. This is why we are responsible for seeking Him out. Searching for Him in the little things, struggling with Him in the big. The marvelous thing about God, Yahweh, Jehovah... is that He meets us where we are, if we are only willing. That is, He shows Himself to us when we seek Him. Even if we are not looking for Him, or perhaps even if we wish Him to vanish, He remains. We cannot run from Him. We cannot hide. We cannot fool Him or run into darkness.

"Is there anyplace I can go to avoid your Spirit? to be out of your sight? If I climb to the sky, you're there! If I go underground, you're there! If I flew on morning's wings to the far western horizon, You'd find me in a minute—you're already there waiting! Then I said to myself, "Oh, he even sees me in the dark! At night I'm immersed in the light!" It's a fact: darkness isn't dark to you; night and day, darkness and light, they're all the same to you." -Psalm 139 7-12 (The Message)

Depending on one's current disposition in life, that fact can be either comforting or frightening. I have felt both. I have had seasons when I pretended to believe that if I did not speak to God, He would not be in the very fiber of my being, my life, my soul. I have spent numerous days walking in ignorance, even as I still made the motions of a Christian life. I have chosen to hide from my Creator... out of shame, out of guilt, out of idle hands, out of stubbornness. But why do we hide when what we do does not matter? Yes, we can strive to be good people. We can contend to show the light of Christ, to treat humanity with unconditional love, to help the poor and needy. And all of those things should be the result and the outpouring of God's love of us and in us. But those things will not buy us an inheritance into heaven. Those things will not reserve a seat at the right hand of the Master. If we are His, we already have that promise. And what amazing news is that? To grasp that truth is the most beneficial step we can take once we accept the blood of Jesus. Christianity is about love! That's it... love is everything.

I am learning how to walk in this freedom. I am coming out of a spiritually dark and dry place, and God's grace and mercy is overwhelming! These words are not mere rhetoric; God's love is real! For those of you whom I have hurt, I am sorry. I am guilty of pride, slander, and selfishness. I have been slow to forgive. I have been faithless... and yet, God remained faithful. I love all of you. Thank you for being a light in my life.