Joni And Friends 15 March 2024 Devotional Message
Joni and Friends 15 March 2024 Devotional Friday Message. As you study today’s devotional, remember this; “Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15 (NLT)
TOPIC: Darkness and Light
“Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.” – Psalm 97:2
“…who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see.” – 1 Timothy 6:16
Notice a discrepancy there? Well, not really. More of a paradox. On one hand, God is pictured as being cloaked in thick darkness; on the other, he lives in unapproachable light. So which is it? It’s both. And there’s a reason why.
God wants it that way. He knows there is an inherent danger in allowing us to think we can understand him or explain him in naturalistic terms. So what does God do? He tells us he is surrounded by utter darkness and unapproachable light. That’s impossible, we think. Exactly.
Psalm 145:3 says, “Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.” Romans 11:33 underscores, “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!” Our minds are helpless before the great, incomprehensible God. And although we yearn to know what can’t be known and to touch and taste the unapproachable, we can reach for the Lord Jesus. Yet even the apostle Paul said in Ephesians 3:8, “…the unsearchable riches of Christ” (emphasis added).
In what ways do you think you have God figured out? Do you expect him to act or be a certain way? He is “the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End” (Rev. 21:6). That’s impossible, you say. Exactly. But Christ helps us break through the darkness and the light a little. “In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence” (Eph. 3:12).
I praise you that you have disclosed not so much yourself, God, as things about yourself in Christ. How awesome you and the Son!
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