Word of the Day

07/01/19

WORD ...OF... THE... DAY!

                             

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But first seek His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you...Matthew 6:33

 What is God like? 
     To celebrate a special occasion, my husband took me to a local art gallery and said I could choose a painting as a gift. I picked out a small picture of a brook flowing through a forest. The steambed took up most of the canvas, and because of this much of the sky was excluded from the picture. However, the stream's reflection revealed the location of the sun, the treetops, and the hazy atmosphere. The only way to "see" the sky was to look at the surface of the water. 
     Jesus is like the stream, in a spiritual sense. When we want to see what God is like, we look at Jesus. The writer of Hebrews said He is "the exact representation of [God's] being" (1:3). Although we can learn facts about God through direct statements in the Bible such as "God is love," we can deepen our understanding by seeing the way God would act if He faced the same problems we have on earth. Being God in human flesh, this is what Jesus has shown us. 
     In temptation, Jesus revealed God's holiness. Confronting spiritual darkness, He demonstrated God's authority. Wrestling with people problems, He showed us God's wisdom. In His death, He illustrated God's love. 
     Although we cannot grasp everything about God-He is limitless and we are limited in our thinking-we can be certain of His character when we look at Christ.
by Jennifer Benson Shuldt

Dear God, thank You for making a way for us to know You. Help us to grow closer to You by looking at Jesus.

 LOOKING AT JESUS SHOWS US GOD'S CHARACTER.

Hebrews 1:1-10
    In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs. 
     For to which of the angels did God ever say, 
     "You are my Son; today I have become your Father"? 
     Or again, 
     "I will be His Father and He will be my Son"? 
      And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him." 
     In speaking of the angels he says, 
     "He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire."
     But about the Son he says, 
     "Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy."
     He also says, 
     "In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands."

   Insight:Jesus lived out the mission of revealing the heart of His Father to a world that had separated itself from Him. This aspect of Jesus's incarnation was described in John 1:18: "Know one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is Himself God, is near to the Father's heart. He has revealed God to us" (NLT). We see the invisible God made visible in Jesus. 
by Bill Crowder