Tuesday, December 7, 2010

God's View of You

GOD’S VIEW OF YOU
Hebrews 2:6-18
v.11: “Both the One Who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family.”

Way too often, people rely on human understanding for how God sees His children. Everything our Father does on earth is guided by His care and love for the human race. Scripture shows God’s viewpoint. It is a reliable, regardless of how we feel from one day to the next.

Created in God’s image. Think about all the creatures God made. Only one, mankind, of all His creation, was made in His image. We have a mind, will, emotions, soul, and spirit that enable us to worship and relate to God. Adam and Eve were perfect and sinless, at first. Their purpose was to live forever in intimate relationship with their Creator.

The corruption of sin spoiled that divine image. When sin crept into human nature, people had no way back to that blissful, perfect union. We became spiritually dead. We had no hope. We were condemned by the very God Who created us so lovingly—so full of hope and promise. We didn’t resemble His original creation at all. But all was not lost. The Father devised a way to bring us back into a loving relationship with Himself.

Worthy of Redemption. Thank You, Father, for considering Your kids worthy to save! Enter Jesus. Jesus was present at creation, and yet He agreed to forsake His divinity, and become human—just so that He could save His siblings—us. Through His atoning work, everyone who believes in Jesus is made spiritually alive again. The Father is so proud of His Son, that He mandates (or commands) that humans embrace Jesus before He has anything to do with us.

This reconciliation (re-kon-SIL-i-A-shon means reunion, ceasefire) between God and His kids is a breathtaking achievement. Jesus’ death on the cross, as a perfect sacrifice, bought our forgiveness for sins. Although horribly expensive, Jesus’ death makes it possible for God’s precious kids to come boldly before Him. Now, God’s view of us is pure and holy.
All because of Jesus. No wonder the Father insist people accept His Son before acknowledging us! God is as crazy about you as He is about Jesus!

Take Home Nugget


Life can be so difficult, that people often lose sight of their worth. The battles we face are ongoing, and we forget Whose we are. In the Father’s view, we’re precious, valued, and beloved. This realization can energize and renew our love for the One Who gave Himself so freely to bring us life from death.
J.D. Griffith
All that we were—our sins, our guilt,
Our death—was all our own;
All that we are we owe to Thee,
Thou God of grace, alone.

Bonar
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