Sometimes I find it so easy to let my “used to be” (you know, the me without God) speak to who I am now. I wallow in my shame, sadness and loss. That’s not the greif that God desires for us or that Jesus made possible for us. Again, that’s the old way and the [...]
Representing God to the world. Now that’s a task. I was listening to a message from Francis Chan about grace and he said:
Even though I may say he’s a God of grace, if I don’t represent him and show grace to everyone, I’m giving a distorted picture of God.
When I first heard that statement I thought, “right on!” Isn’t this just what we, as followers of Christ need to be doing? How many people do I know who have been turn off a path towards God by the church misrepresenting who God is? Later that day I was discussing it with a friend and they brought up the issue that we can’t really do that – only God can, because of our fallen nature.
So, is it too much to take on, accurately representing God to the world? Ultimately, yes. We are all fallen and even at our best we do not give a true representation of God . . . whatever it is we do or say, He is so much more! So what am I to do?
Pray! Again, He can do so much more and He chooses to us in that doing.
Francis Chan is the Non-Staff Elder & Teaching Pastor at Cornerstone, Simi Valley, CA and author of “Crazy Love”. Message podcasts are available at their PodCast Page.
