Children of God and the Mystery of God's Love

     Recently I have really enjoyed listening to a song by Third Day called "Children of God." Listen to it here; it's a great song.

     The main reason I love it is because it's a wonderful reminder of the truth about us, Christians: we ARE God's children! True, we are still going to sin (the presence of sin in our lives will exist until we arrive in heaven), but the guilty record of that sin is no longer ours. Jesus took it on himself when he died on the cross, so "there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8:1) Enough with the silly question of "why would God love ME?! I'm a sinner, deserving of his wrath!" It's just a lie, really. We AREN'T deserving of his wrath, anymore!!! He has saved us from his wrath! That's the point. 

     The song I linked to above has a line in there about it: "He has proven his love."We don't need to wonder why God would love us. We don't need to know why; it's enough to just know he does.  The truth is, we don't know everything about God, and it's not up to us to unravel every mystery about him. We will NEVER fully understand God, even when we get to heaven. Another song about this comes to mind (I don't know who it's by but it's a really good song). The line that sticks out to me is: "But the one thing I don't question is You; You really love me, like You say You do." This is only one of the beautiful things about our Lord Jesus; we don't have to know everything and "do it ourselves." All we have to do is give our lives to God and act like the children we are; his children. What a freeing concept!

     Now, I'm not saying that we shouldn't strive to know God better and grow closer to him. Far from it. We SHOULD be growing in our knowledge of God, and fellowshipping with other believers to seek God love him more! It's just that there are some things about God that are mysteries, and maybe some of them will be uncovered when we get to heaven.

     So. As Christians, we are God's sons and daughters, and God loves us. We don't need to know everything about God, or why God loves us. He just does, and that's enough for our weak, mortal brains to think about. All we need to do is give our whole lives to him to take care of. He can do it so much better than we ever could. :) 

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

1 Peter 5:6-7

One of your sisters in Christ's big family, 

-Sarah :)