TO BE WITH GOD

“Even before the world was made,God had already chosen us to be His through our union with Christ, so that we would be holy and without fault before Him.” (Eph.1: 4)

Many people believe that the nature, sun, moon, stars and even human beings never had a beginning. There is an endless eternal cycle of birth, life and death that constantly repeats itself. This eternal cycle never began and never ends. It always has been and always will be.

Whereas, the Bible tells us something different. It teaches that there was a time when the world did not exist, only God existed. The God of the Bible is not a force  or an unknown absolute, but He is a person. He knows, thinks, has emotions and loves. This God decided to reveal Himself by creating the world and thus the world began.

When God created the world, He created it good. As you read through the first chapter of Genesis, notice how often the author refers, “…..and God saw it was good.” This means that not only there was no sin but everything functioned perfectly. There was no storms, no famine, and there was no destruction in the perfect world that God made.

Among all His creation, Man is the most wonderful one.

God created Man in His own image, blessed them and put them in charge of everything when He said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea, birds of the air and every living creature that moves along the earth.”

The Bible teaches that Man is unique among all of God’s creation. We are the only ones being created  in the image and likeness of God. We are given the capability of being friends of God and communicating with Him as one person to another.

After creating all the wonderful things of the world, God finished with his greatest creative art; the creation of man and woman.

In the Bible we can see every evening, God the Father goes with His children for a walk. Walking in the midst of His children, hand in hand, or His hands over their shoulder, inquiring the happenings of the day and above all enjoying the happiness of his children.

Believers in Christ,our God is not an untouchable force or a remote but He is a person. He thinks about us, He plans for us, he talks to us, He loves us and above all he cares for what he has created. Similarly, He expects the same from us.

God our Father, invites us to be with Him and to share our life. He even abandoned the heavenly glory and came down to the ground to be with His beloved ones in the form of a man.  Praise God for His love!

Throughout the Bible, we see God calls His children to maintain the beauty and holiness of His Creation, the World.

God picked Abraham as a foundation of a new humanity.

The Lord said to Abraham, “Leave your country, your relatives and your father’s home and go to a land that I am going to show you. I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you. But I will curse those who curse you. And through you I will bless the nations.”(Gen.12: 1-3)

Abraham was certain of God’s call and His Power. When he listened and obeyed promptly, God blessed and fulfilled His promises.

God has created us to know Him, to love Him and to serve Him. “It is He who made us capable of serving the new covenant, which consists not of a written law but of the Spirit. (2 Cor.3:6)

The One who calls you is faithful and He knows our weakness and knows how to handle us. 

Abraham was a man of faith. Moses had big doubts about his leadership abilities and resisted God by  bringing up his unworthiness like fear, cowardliness, speech difficulty and hot temper, but God who chose him before he was in his mother’s womb comforted him.

As we flip through the pages of Bible, we can read God’s various encounters with His chosen prophets. Physical inability,disqualification,a sinful past etc…nothing can act as a barrier or revoke God’s plan for us.

Let us listen to His Calling and accept it. 

Let us Pray

Loving Father, you have chosen every individual to be with you. Before the world was created you had chosen us and takes care of us to be partner of Your Glory. During the acceptable time O Lord, You call us to be at Your service. 

O Lord, You called Abraham, Moses and his descendants and they accepted Your voice and obeyed duly. Moses stayed with You for forty days and nights without food and water writing your commandments. 

Through the intercession of Abraham, Moses and his descendants. O Lord, give us the courage to proclaim Your Glory and declare and make known the prosperity of Your Bountiful Goodness.
O Lord, Your praise shall I sing throughout my life.