what do you think when you think about God?

January 22, 2003

"the most important thing about any person is what that person thinks about, when they think about God" - a.w. tozer

there's so much truth to that statement. tozer said it because the way someone thinks about God, is the way that they'll respond to Him. and isn't that, after all, what life is all about? how we respond to God?

we were made as relational beings. we were made with a void in our hearts, that can only be filled by Him. so how we respond to Him is the greatest issue in our lives - because that will dictate the way we live our lives! the cool thing about all of this, is that it's not up to us to define who we think God is. God chose to REVEAL to us what He's like - we don't have to figuring it all out for ourselves. He did it for us :)

at the same time, it's important for us to think about how we think about God. do we see Him as our Father? do we see Him as this distant God? do we see Him as a God who's too "old" to know anything?

when i think about God, i think about God as:

my strength, my hope, my comforter, my friend, my salvation, my refuge, merciful, forgiving, HUGE, beyond comprehension, unfathomable, artistic, creative......[to be continued] i'm going to do a mindmap on this.

i want to see God as Father. as a Perfect Father. as my Perfect Father. louie was talking about the one characteristic that Jesus wanted to portray about God - God as the Perfect Father. Jesus was the SON of God. that never really made me think about Jesus being a SON of God. and God as the FATHER. i want to wrap my heart around this truth.

Daddy, please teach your son about you. :)

Posted by Leo Chan at January 22, 2003 9:50 PM