The God Who Cares

“God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.” Hebrews 1:1-4

Our God is an awesome God who has seized the initiative in revealing Himself to mankind. Apart from God’s revelation, man would be mired in ceaseless ignorance and frustration.

John Stott paints this awe-inspiring portrait of God in his book,
Basic Christianity:
“‘In the beginning God.’ The first four words of the Bible are more than an introduction to the creation story or to the book of Genesis. They supply the key which opens our understanding to the Bible as a whole. They tell us that the religion of the Bible is a religion of the initiative of God. Before man existed, God acted. Before man stirred himself to seek God, God has sought man. In the Bible we do not see man groping after God, we see God reaching after man. The Bible reveals a God who, long before it even occurs to man to turn to Him, while man is still lost in darkness and sunk in, takes the initiative, rises from His throne, lays aside His glory, and stoops to seek until He finds him.”

Before the foundation of the universe, God loved you and prepared a way for you to know Him. Meditate on that for a moment and spill out your gratitude in worship.

“Many people visualize a God who sits comfortable on a distant throne. Such a view is wholly false.” -John Stott