God Is Real, Therefore He Is Relevant

CONSIDER
God desires an intimate relationship with His creation. He is not merely an impersonal creator who has left His creation to fend for itself. He is a real God who desires humanity to experience Him as relevant to every aspect of life. John spoke of the joy that results when we encounter Christ as real and relevant.

BIBLE TRUTH

We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy. (1 John 1:1–4 NLT)

HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO ME?
Webster’s dictionary defines relevant as “having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand; affording evidence tending to prove or disprove the matter at issue or under discussion.” Is there significant and demonstrable evidence that God is real in your life? If we say we believe God is real, then His reality will be reflected as we demonstrate His image in our lives. As we daily experience God as relevant, our lives offer proof of His existence to a watching world. There must always be an interaction between what we profess and what our lives evidence. The essence of Christianity is not mere profession of faith, but rather possession of faith, where the truth of Christ is confirmed by the reality of our lives.

PRAYER
Lord, when I turn to you I begin to see more clearly because the veil is taken away. Because You are the Spirit, wherever You are there is freedom. I want to live in Your freedom so I may more fully see and reflect Your glory. And Lord, may Your Spirit make me more and more like You as I am changed into Your glorious image. (2 Cor. 3:16–18)


(excerpts from Desperate Dependency by J. Kirk & Melanie D. Lewis)


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