GOD IS ALWAYS GOD
09th Aug 2023
I read an article about Princess Anne, in which she was asked to describe her relationship with her mother, the late Queen Elizabeth. Her reply was profound; she described her mother/child relationship, but then added, “She is always the Queen.”
You and I have been given the privilege of knowing Jesus as Saviour and Lord, and are called children of God. We have been given access into the presence of Almighty God and can call Him Father, a wonderful privilege; but He is always God.
King David was brought into an intimate relationship with Almighty God. He loved God and was given clear instructions at a personal level - but God is always God. However, when David seemed to ignore this fact and start to trust himself rather than depend on this Almighty God, there were consequences.
Intimacy is a wonderful privilege, bought through the life of Jesus, who lived to please God and to offer Himself as a sacrifice for sin, so that you and I can too have that familiar relationship, but we must never forget that God is God. There are things that please Him, but also things that he hates.
Jesus describes His own relationship with His Father in John 8:29, “The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.” What a wonderful statement and confession. “I always do what pleases Him.”
I’m personally challenged to find out and act upon what pleases Him. I want Father God’s presence with me; the Holy Spirit instructing me, and Jesus loving and acting through me. I’m very grateful for friendship and intimacy with the Godhead, but I need to revere and honour the One who I am relating to - God is always God.
by Joyce Sibthorpe
