Previously, On A Supernatural Affair”… In the beginning, at the point of creation, we find that God created man. God created man for one purpose, relationship with Himself. We are created for relationship. Relationships are some of the most amazing and difficult things we get to participate in as we live on this planet. We are blessed by them and at times we feel cursed by the relationships we have been in. God wants to show His supernatural power in the context of our natural existence through empowering us to be like Him within the realm of our relationships… Let’s continue the Journey!
Thinking along these lines think of this. God did not stop with just a relationship between He and man; the most important relationship we can or will ever be involved in. The Bible says that God saw that it was not good for man to be alone, then he created woman. Man needed someone else, a peer, to share this existence with. The second most important relationship we have the opportunity to be engaged in is marriage. Then from that relationship came others, because God told the man and the woman, in the context of the marriage relationship, “Be fruitful and multiply” and then the family was created. More relationships to participate in. Then as families grew, other communities developed, like tribes and clans, that became villages and cities, states and nations. All based on the relationships of the humans God created.
If our ability to relate to one another in any of these contexts is diminished then brokenness and chaos ensues. The first breach of relationship occurred between God and man, (Genesis3)which is the foundational relationship that all others are built on. With that relationship damaged, all others are left open to brokenness. With broken down relationships came divorce, litigation, abuse, addiction, conflict, wars and the list goes on and on.
So, how does this brokenness in our relationships find healing? God spends the rest of the Old Testament years developing this idea of reconciliation, that starts with one thing: Forgiveness. Then in the New Testament the Eternal Creator shows up in human form. For what reason? To extend the hand of forgiveness to His creation, so that the process of putting things back into their original context could begin. It took a supernatural God to step into our natural world for us to really understand it. The scriptures tells us:
“In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him.
The Word gave life to everything that was created,
and his life brought light to everyone.” (Jn 1:1-4. NLT) and then
“So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.” (Jn 1:14) Where it says unfailing love and faithfulness, it can also be translated “Grace and Truth”. He, Jesus, came to give us what we didn’t deserve, forgiveness or grace, and to give us an honest representation of what our Heavenly Father is.
Jesus later would say, “He that is with you shall be in you.” He was making a reference to the fact that when He would leave after His death and resurrection and rejoin The Father , that the Holy Spirit then would come to live inside of the ones who would follow Him, Christ. If we follow Jesus His Holy Spirit comes to reside inside of us, then we also should be representations of “unfailing love and faithfulness” or “Grace and truth”. We should be agents of forgiveness. We, as natural human beings, should take on the very supernatural role of being forgiveness ambassadors. Our relationships should function in a very supernatural way.
We have to choose to follow Christ, but we must also choose to allow Him to work supernaturally in us. What comes natural is to want to respond with malice or vengeance. Jesus always calls us to not what is merely natural, but what is supernatural. Our relationships can and must take on a supernatural flavor that is based on the love of God, exhibited among us, that takes the shape of forgiveness. Jesus told us that all people would know we were His followers by the love expressed among us. Part of that love expression is His love expressed to us, gets expressed through us taking the shape of forgiveness. So literally forgiveness is a supernatural affair. A love affair between the Creator and you. His love for us so superseded our mess ups that created a brake down of relationship, that He went to an extreme measure to show us forgiveness. In response, our love for Him should so supersede any damage we have suffered, that we would go to whatever extent He requires of us to express that same forgiveness. The amazing thing about it is He gives us the power through His indwelling spirit to actually do that!!!! Whatta you say? Let’s embark upon this Supernatural Affair that began in the loving heart of God!
Stay tuned! More to Come!!!!
