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I see you God

by Peter Konz on January 22, 2012

I see you God ”I see you God” by Lechef Photography

        Though I don’t always recognize or acknowledge God’s presence in my life, if I would try to be more aware and tuned in, I might see God. God might just give me a glimpse of himself,  and I will look and see him. It may sound crazy to say that I see God, or have seen God, but all of us have. We have the potential to see him at his pleasure and initiative, not of our own efforts or by our will. We need him to reveal himself and we need to be there to see. Scripture says that “no one has ever seen God”, so how is it that I or you can say that we have?

       We can say that we have seen him because God has reached out to us and made himself known. We see God revealed in nature and many of us connect with him or see him in the ocean, the trees, a sunset or in the face of a child. These are but just a few ways that we notice our creator God. Places or faces that somehow resonate within us and show us God and let us see him and learn something about him and ourselves in relationship to him. We see him in his Word and there too, we learn something of him and of ourselves. We see a very personal God. We learn how important it is that we are to him and from the very beginning how he showed himself to us. We get more than a burning bush, we get to see the invisible God in the person of Jesus. God in flesh, who physically lived, laughed, and cried with us. Sharing in our humanity and ultimately dying for us.

        God has, and is continually showing himself  to us but we don’t always see. Sometimes it is in such overwhelming ways that we can’t believe what we are seeing. Many times we are too busy to notice. Preoccupied with ourselves and the cares of the world, we have no time to be there to see him.  Sometimes when we do catch sight of him at a particular place or in a particular way, we seem only to look for him there. Often times missing those other glimpses given to us because we don’t expect him to show up there. Perhaps, we just need to intentionally pray that God would show up for us in and when he desires. And that when that occurs in our everyday lives, as it does, we would be able to say, I see you God.

        All of us see God in many diverse ways. How is it that you are able to say, I see you God?

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Love is all you need

by Peter Konz on December 24, 2011

 

As I am writing this it is early, very early Christmas eve. I have been thinking of new life, of babies, of poverty and considering the gift that was given to us in the person of Jesus Christ. Specifically, I have been pondering our poverty and need. I know that I am lacking and in need, all of us are. We generally may realize that we have material or physical needs, but we have need in far many more ways than those. The human condition, shows us our need and where we are lacking, be it  emotionally, mentally, physically, or spiritually. God knows this and cares for us in ways that we do not recognize and often times fail to understand. Though we plumb the depths, try as we might we do not grasp fully God’s love for us.

As a baby comes into this world, it is readily apparent that he or she has needs that have to be met for their very survival and that without the intervention of a loving parent the baby will not thrive and develop as they should. As they continue towards adulthood those needs do not change they just may be met in different ways. God our father, knows where we as people lack and what need we have. He knows the ways in which we have tried in ourselves to meet those needs and the failure that brings.We were not meant to be self-sufficient.  From the very beginning we were meant to be interdependent with one another and totally dependent upon him. God used the birth of Jesus and his life to model that for us.

Because of God’s great love for us he sent his Son Jesus as a baby. A baby who was simultaneously interdependent with other human beings while at the same time modeling for us his dependency on the Father.  An infant receiving love and care from man and love and care from God. Love is what we need.  God knows us and gave us this great gift of His Son. May we spend time reflecting on what this gift means to us.  Have a blessed and joyous Christmas.

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6 ESV)

 

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