One of the greatest needs of any human being is to be able
to relate. Relation can be of any form, the greatest being the need to relate
to other like minded human beings. Relationships are a form of security and in
order for any being to be able to function in an environment, the need for
security must be first fulfilled before other things. That is why as human
beings, it is first nature to be able to relate to like minded people, people
who think and act just like us, people able to affirm us at our lowest moments
and celebrate with us at our best and happiest moments.
As humans, we are also spiritual beings, just not physical
beings, thus the need to be able to relate to a spiritual being. That Is where
many scholars have attributed the emergence of the different religions that are
deemed to be a result of the need for humans to fill that spiritual void. The
need for a spiritual being to fill that hole. A being that will accept us as we
are and will affirm our existence, a being that will assure us of purpose and a
reason for existence. A being that will satisfy our need for worship as seen in
Psalms 42:2 I
thirst for you, the living God. When can I go and worship in your presence?
In many ways, religion has failed to fill this vacuum. Many
call it the God-shaped vacuum and I tend to think so. Only a living God can
shape fill this hole. Many have tried to fill this through work, friends,
success, money and other finite ends, whose end according to the Word of God is
DEATH. Let me introduce you to the Living God. In his own word He declares, Deuteronomy 32:39 "
'I, and I alone, am God; no other god is real. I kill and I give life, I wound
and I heal, and no one can oppose what I do.
Deuteronomy 32:40 As surely as I am
the living God..... Only a living God can shape the need for a spiritual
relationship.
Again, He is the God who can relate to us no matter who we
are, no matter our circumstances, no matter how unique life may seem good or
bad to any of us. He declares in His word in Exodus 3:14 God said, "I am who I am. You must tell
them: 'The one who is called I AM has sent me to you.'
God is I AM. He can never be defined by our finite thinking.
No one word or statement can describe His infinite nature and neither can we.
We were all created by He who is the maker of the universe and His infinite
nature cannot stop Him from relating to anything that exists. There is no situation greater than our God. There is no person God
cannot relate to in love for He is love. No other god can satisfy the God
shaped hole.
This is a call to accept God for who He is, no matter who
you are. God is great but in His love, he has humbled Himself to be able to
relate to each one of us. His love is so great it conquers everything that
could have ever looked to separate us from a relatable God for He is a God of
Relationship. Romans 8:38 For I am persuaded, that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, :39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
The Lord God loves you yesterday today and forever. Let us
now relate with God, for he loves and desires us. Baraka
