Sunday 4th October Blog

Sunday, October 4th Blog From Unshakable Kingdom Life 

God is Not Some Distant Figure

Grab your coffee and pull up a chair, because I want to start with a question that sounds easy: who's at the center of everything?

You'll probably say, "God." And you'd be right. But I want us to get more specific than that. He's our Father. And I don't mean that as a nice title. I mean intimately involved in all He's made, not detached, not watching from a far-off balcony with His arms crossed.

Why does this matter so much? Because how you picture God shapes how you approach Him. If you see a distant boss or a cosmic judge, you'll tiptoe around Him. If you see a Father, you'll run toward Him.

John 3:16 in The Message puts it in a way I love: this is how much God loved the world, He gave His one and only Son, so that no one need be destroyed. That's not the language of a distant figure. That's the language of Someone who couldn't stand to lose you.

Here's the thing. His love for us is so big that our minds can't quite wrap around it. We try, but we're measuring it with a tape measure made from earthly experience, and earthly love has limits. His doesn't.

Maybe you've been relating to God like He's a landlord who tolerates you as a tenant. Can I gently suggest that's not the picture Scripture paints? He's a Father who made you, wants you, and stays close.

Let that settle in for a few minutes this morning. Not as a theology lesson, but as a warm blanket.

Coffee-time question: When you picture God right now, is He near or far?