Good News For The Day
‘. . . .Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor. . .’ (2 Corinthians 8:9).)
"Most of us have had an encounter with a door to door salesperson. When such a person is standing at your threshold, you are conscious of a psychological advantage. They are standing on your property, and the law provides that you have a right to your privacy, and can therefore bid them leave at any time. If you chose to, you could use this... edge---to rid yourself of an unwanted visitor."
"In the gospel, God acts in a precisely opposite spirit. Though Christ was in a position of power, he forsook his advantages in order to help us. He put aside privilege, and assumed weakness and vulnerability."
"As a rule, we do not like to be led or taught by someone who seems to be above us. God knows that, so his representative in the world was the meek and lowly Jesus. God's intervention in our world appeared tremulous and halting. The feeblest, the forgotten, and the unimportant, did not feel threatened by him. The last book of Scripture pictures Christ standing at the doorway of human hearts, asking if he can come in. What an amazing portrayal of God! God, putting himself in a position of weakness, where he can easily be ignored, or dismissed. No other religion would permit its God to be pictured this way. This is staggering-and wonderful. Such a God is worthy of our adoration, and loving service."
An f.Christian back to you!!