What image of God do you see?
Michael Lemanu TCYFM
My 4 year old daughter is at that age where she has a million questions a day to ask me, most of which are repeated everyday. Most of her questions are harmless and inconsequential, however some of her questions, particularly questions about God, go a bit deeper and require a bit more thought before I can respond adequately.
Recently, while watching the movie "The Prince of Egypt", one of her faves, she asked me a puzzling question that I could tell affected her deeply. During the scene which depicts when God sends the plagues to the Egyptian people in response to a stubborn Pharaoh, as fireballs were falling from the sky and insects destroying crops, she turned to me and asked "Dad, did God do that?" to which I replied, "Yes." She then paused for a bit with a concerned look on her face and said, "Is it a good God or a bad God?" to which I responded, "What do you think?" and which she almost painfully responded, "I think bad God."
Recently, while watching the movie "The Prince of Egypt", one of her faves, she asked me a puzzling question that I could tell affected her deeply. During the scene which depicts when God sends the plagues to the Egyptian people in response to a stubborn Pharaoh, as fireballs were falling from the sky and insects destroying crops, she turned to me and asked "Dad, did God do that?" to which I replied, "Yes." She then paused for a bit with a concerned look on her face and said, "Is it a good God or a bad God?" to which I responded, "What do you think?" and which she almost painfully responded, "I think bad God."
"He cancelled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross."
Colossians 2.14
So as you observe your favourite celebrity, business or influencer get cancelled when an outlandish tweet or interview quote re-surfaces, remember this LENT season serves as a reminder - that Christ willingly journeys towards the cross, in an effort to cancel everything that creates distance between you and himself. This is season that sin, in all its dis-splendour, gets cancelled once and for all.
Some Questions to Consider:
1. What needs to be cancelled in my life this LENT?
2. What does it mean to have your sin cancelled?
3. Who may be in need of prayer in relation to today's blog?
2. What does it mean to have your sin cancelled?
3. Who may be in need of prayer in relation to today's blog?