Does God Really Like Me? by Cyd Holsclaw & Geoff Holsclaw

Author:Cyd Holsclaw & Geoff Holsclaw
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: God's presence;spiritual formation;god in daily life;does god like me;experience god's love;life in god's presence;we belong to god;we belong in god's presence;god wants to be with us;does god want to be with me;does god want to be close to me;does god really know me;Christian spirituality
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2019-11-12T06:38:06+00:00

The One Who Raises the Dead

How is a good and merciful God revealed in the death of Israel? How is God revealed as the one who longs to be with us if he lets Israel die?

Too often we focus on the first thing God does and we miss the second thing. We focus on what God allows to happen and we miss what God is longing to happen. The second thing is what God really wants to do; the second thing reveals God’s heart of love.

The truth is that God doesn’t merely long to be known as holy and just, as the one who takes sin seriously. Those things are true. That’s the first thing. And we shouldn’t forget it.

But more importantly, God desires to be known as the one who raises the dead.

Our God is the God of the resurrection, the God of second chances, of bringing people back from the brink. He is the God who longs to be with us even in the darkest places of rebellion and death.

God doesn’t kill sinners; he raises them from the dead! God isn’t revolted by sinners; he gathers them in. He doesn’t rejoice in punishment; he delights in mercy.

The exile, the death of Israel, doesn’t primarily reveal God’s justice (although it does do that). It shows us a God who raises the dead, who doesn’t quit, who won’t give up.

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