Good Good Life

Who is God for you?

How do you answer that question?

I wasn’t sure how to answer it when I heard it on UCB Life Issues podcast. It wasn’t of course asked directly to me, but as a listener it got me thinking.

The Big Picture

I was walking to work along the River Thames in London relaxed listening to the podcast to fill my time and get some inspiration. And then this question hit me.

I knew and know that God is God. He is the Almighty. He is the Creator of the world. He is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He is my Saviour and Counsellor. He is the One thanks to whom I breathe, live and thrive. 

I wasn’t at the time of listening to the podcast or I am not unsure now of God’s existence and I see Him working in my and others lives very often. Yet that question hit me.

Does it do the same to you too? Are you not sure what the answer is?

God is in the detail

If you have the answer ready, that’s great and we can all learn from you. But if you’ve answered ‘yes’ to the above questions, maybe me and you haven’t spent enough time developing our personal relationship with God and thinking about Him in relation to our life. Maybe, we haven’t gotten to know Him enough in a close way.

You see, God is the Big God. He is the everlasting. Ever knowing. Ever present. He is the great I AM. The One who knows the end and the beginning. The Alpha and the Omega. But, He’s also God My Friend. Your Friend. Our Helper. And the individual experience of Him will be different to each of us.

He wants you to know that He is the Mighty One, but more than He wants to know you. And He wants YOU to KNOW Him. To know Him like a friend – through regular conversations (aka prayer), through trusting Him, putting your faith in Him in whatever is applicable to your life.
I could continue on writing about all these things but what’s the most important that they’ve got in common is progress, making decisions, taking actions and not waiting for things to happen themselves.

I think it’s beautiful and compelling that the God of the Universe wants the little, one of many me and you to spend time getting to know Him. He cares that we do.

Draw near to Him

When we do He’ll draw near to us. He’ll allow us to know Him truly and personally.

When we don’t, He will remain in our hearts and lives just the distant God. It doesn’t mean He is a distant God, but if we don’t spend time getting to know Him, He’ll seem a distant God to us, which in turn will make us not to want to get to know Him. And we’ll be constantly in that vicious circle.

I don’t have a ready answer for you today to say God is to me…. x, y or z, but I know that since hearing that podcast, I have spent more time with God. More time knowing Him – not only as head knowledge but through my heart – committing more of my everyday life to him, listening to Him more, reading more of what He says through other people. I feel Him more active in my life and my heart and that is not something that’s easy to capture in words.

And what are YOU going to do with this question?