I have often heard people talk about the God of the Bible – how we know who he is by what he does.
We see the many times that God provided for his people – the ram for Abraham’s sacrifice, in the desert when Israel was wandering, his instruction to Israel to provide for the widow and orphan – and we know God is our Provider.
We see the many times that God healed people – in the Old Testament and Jesus in the New – and we know God is our Healer, our Physician.
We see the times when God judged those who had done wrong – Saul’s sacrifice rather than obedience, Ananias and Sapphira lying to the Holy Spirit, the Egyptians not letting God’s people go – and we know God is our Judge.
There are so many more dimensions to God’s character and his relationship with us, but my question goes in a little different direction. If we know who God is by what he does, then shouldn’t the world around us know who we are by what we do and how we relate to them?
So, who are we?
Are we sectarian because the world sees us as exclusive and unaccepting of others? Or are we humanitarian because we show others that we value the differences in God’s wonderful creation of people?
Are we lazy because the world hears us as preaching loudly but not practicing what we preach? Or are we role models because we show others that we keep our word and do what we tell others to?
Are we legalists because the world see us as having plenty of rules but no love? Or are we life-changers because we show the world that we love them and that love can change them?
Who are we?
Just thinking,
Dee
