Title: A God in Who's Image?/Topic: Finding God

Today’s Reading: Leviticus 13; Leviticus 14; Acts 17

Scripture: Acts 17:29-31
29 "Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by man's design and skill. 30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead."

Observation: As I read this I thought of the ways in which we humans still make a God in “an image made by man's design and skill”. No, we don't carve our gods in stone or wood. But we do make a God that we can understand. I hear people all the time who make statements like “a God of love wouldn't judge anyone” or “God has no problem with me having sex outside of marriage if I love the person”. We want to have God be someone who conforms to our understanding of what is right and wrong.

Application: I try to conform my ideas of who God is to what the Bible says whether it fits my understanding of morality or not. I know that any God I can fully understand wouldn't be any bigger than I am. However, I still wrestle with parts of God that I don't get and try to make them fit into my finite worldview. The trouble is, I can't recognize where I have created God in my own image. The only solution is to remain humble, do my best to study the Word to learn of Him, and to be okay with the idea that I will never fully understand God this side of heaven.

Prayer: Father, keep me humble and flexible to change what I know. Help me to grow in my knowledge of you.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.