But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
Nearness by Cathy Vinson |
If we had fur and
claws, would He have shared that in common with us? He came to us! Whatever we were, He
became like us. Such wonder "breaks a heart into loving." The amazement of the ages is echoed in these words: "What is man that Thou art mindful of Him?" (Ps 8:4-6). "Say unto God, How terrible are You in Your works...He is terrible in His doing toward the children of men" (Ps 66:3,5b). To say this with the attention of our ears and spirit, seems to provide an entrance into the sentiment of our forefathers of the faith. A. W. Tozer writes: "The spiritual giants of old were men who at some time became acutely aware of the real Presence of God and maintained that consciousness the rest of their lives. The first encounter may have been one of terror...Usually this fear soon lost its content of terror and changed after a while to delightsome awe, to level off finally into a reverent sense of complete nearness to God. The essential point is THEY EXPERIENCED GOD. How else can the saints and prophets be explained?...they walked in conscious communion with the real Presense..." What do we have? flesh and blood...then it was flesh and blood that He became. What we are, He became. "And my spirit breaks into loving at the nearness and the tenderness of You." - Ted Sandquist |
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"Since then the children have flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same..." Hebrews 2:14 |
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