About God's acceptance beyond reason…
Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your
wings 9 from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me. (NIV)
Our human ability to reason and think has produced a technological revolution
unparalleled in all of recorded history. Our human ability to reason and think
has also brought us war, violence, and unprecedented danger by bringing us to
the brink of nuclear annihilation. Our human ability to reason can often cloud
our view of God. Our ability to reason can often keep the truth about God away
from our consciousness. One of the truths about God we find difficult to fathom
is how much God accepts us. On a personal level, as dark and terrible as your
life can become, God still has a place waiting for you if you will reject the
darkness within you. As evil as you can become, God still accepts you as you
turn toward Him and away from the evil. Your human reason may tell you to throw
away the souls of those persons who do terrible things to others. However, in
God's acceptance of you, God accepts you even if you do the same terrible things
others do. God accepts you and wraps His arms around you, even when you cannot
accept yourself. God accepts you regardless of the mistakes you have made. God
accepts you regardless of the sins you have committed. When you are not accepted
by others, God stands next to you already accepting you. When others reject you
because of who you are, how you are, or what you have done, God accepts you and
totally wraps you in His love. It is God who stands ready to heal your wounds
and erase your scars in His mighty power of acceptance. With God, you are never
rejected. With God, you are accepted forever if you accept Him and accept His
Son into your heart and life. With God, you are accepted beyond reason.
