This morning I will be giving a talk at our FREEDOM! retreat about the nature of God our Father. At one point I put two images up:
The first is a well known painting, called ‘The Scream’ You might also call it O.M.G. for “Oh, My God!”
The second image is of our Grandson Ravi at 10 days old. You might call it G.M.D. or “Good Mornin’ Dad.”
Which face you carry depends on whether or not you have yet beheld the face of God. Can you wake in the morning singing back to God, “I open my eyes I see your smiling face.”?
‘For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.’ (2 Cor. 4:6)
To put it another way, “Are you still a Jacob, struggling to get your own way, or have you finished wrestling at Peniel (the face of God) to become Israel (God rules) surrendering completely to His good and sovereign will?”
Let me add a third acronym, K.I.S.S.
Last week we attended a concert at our Grandchildren’s school “Songs of Stage and Screen” As I practiced K.I.S.S. i.e. Keep It Simple Stupid” and listened in a childlike way, one song after another came across to me as retelling part of The Big Story…… “When I Grow Up.” “ Hard Knock Life” “I Just Can’t Wait to be King.” “One Day More.” and so on.
“I thank you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to babes.” ! (Matt.11:25)
Every since then, I have found myself humming……
“Zippidy DO DA Zippidy yA!
My Oh My! What a WONDERFUL DAY!
Plenty of SON-shine heading my way……..”
Our DA knows the end (Z) from the beginning (A) and he is DOing his thing as we anticipate the coming of the SON -shine. This is why each and every DAY is indeed – WONDERFUL!
Click below for a succinct presentation by Nick Hudson helping make sense of the mad and evil world in which we find ourselves living in these days. He represents a group called PANDA for PANdemic Data and Analysis. These folk seek to take an honest look at science divorced from the corrupting influences of political power and financial gain.
As I reflected on their name, I again smiled, the Greek prefix PAN means, “all, every, whole, all-inclusive,” and DA of course refers to our heavenly Father who sees and oversees everything! This is why we can remain at peace as we handle the uncomfortable truths of this presentation.
It’s back once again to God’s warning to those who ‘conspire against the Lord and against his Anointed’ (Ps. 2:2)
“K.I.S.S. the SON lest he be angry, and you perish in the way. For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in Him!” “.(Ps. 2:12)