Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2022 8:59:45 GMT -5
People today are willing to accept the premise of God, but it seems they want a god in their own image. As Voltaire pointed out, "God made man in His image, and man returned the favor." And that is what we largely have today: a generation that believes in a god of their own making.
We live in a day of information on demand. We can hear and see what we want, when we want it. And we sometimes apply the same approach to God. We customize a god that does what we want him to do and says what we want him to say.
But that is not the way to know God. We don't mold God into our own image; he wants to mold us into his. God said, "I am the Lord, and I do not change" (Malachi 3:6 NLT).
In the beginning God. That is where it starts. And if we eliminate God, we have a big problem. The Bible doesn't tell us where God came from; it just tells us that God is. God always has existed. He did not come from something. He was not invented or created. God always has been there. He has no beginning or ending.
Though times and circumstances change, God never does. Everything except God is changing day by day. We live in a storm-tossed world. These are uncertain times, and we need a real certainty that will help us get through them.
When you believe God, it doesn't necessarily change your circumstances, though sometimes it will. More often than not, it will change you. It will help you to view your circumstances properly.
On the other hand, if we don't understand who God is, if our view of God is warped, then it will affect us in the way that we live. Let's make sure we are worshiping the true God as he is presented to us in the pages of Scripture.
We live in a day of information on demand. We can hear and see what we want, when we want it. And we sometimes apply the same approach to God. We customize a god that does what we want him to do and says what we want him to say.
But that is not the way to know God. We don't mold God into our own image; he wants to mold us into his. God said, "I am the Lord, and I do not change" (Malachi 3:6 NLT).
In the beginning God. That is where it starts. And if we eliminate God, we have a big problem. The Bible doesn't tell us where God came from; it just tells us that God is. God always has existed. He did not come from something. He was not invented or created. God always has been there. He has no beginning or ending.
Though times and circumstances change, God never does. Everything except God is changing day by day. We live in a storm-tossed world. These are uncertain times, and we need a real certainty that will help us get through them.
When you believe God, it doesn't necessarily change your circumstances, though sometimes it will. More often than not, it will change you. It will help you to view your circumstances properly.
On the other hand, if we don't understand who God is, if our view of God is warped, then it will affect us in the way that we live. Let's make sure we are worshiping the true God as he is presented to us in the pages of Scripture.
