[guide.chat] Forwarded Email: The Understatement of God
- From: "James Liddell" <james.liddell2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:14:46 -0000
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Subject: The Understatement of God
Joni and Friends Daily Devotional March 5, 2013
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Dear Jim,
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The Understatement of God
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"And God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:18
Isn't it great to step back from a project well-completed and just enjoy the
joy?
You've seen the happiness in a child's face whose crayon masterpiece gets taped
to the fridge. It's the same contentment and joy you feel after serving the
applauded
turkey dinner, or receiving the "Great Job!!" red-inked on the top of your
history
exam. Plus, the pleasure doesn't stop with one glance. We keep returning to
admire
the wooden bench we shellacked and finished, the row of pansies we planted along
the wall, or the counted cross-stitch that took 150 hours to complete.
Now, imagine the pleasure God derives from everything He has made. What do you
think
surged through Him the minute after a billion galaxies burst into being? With
typical
understatement, the Bible tells us: "God saw that it was good." After standing
back
to take in the panorama, God rested - not to catch His breath from exhaustion,
but
to savor the moment and relish in the pleasure of what He created.
Think of what surges through God's heart when you - His epitome of creation -
make
it your ambition to be pleasing to Him, aspiring to fulfill all His greatest
desires
for you. God may say of His inanimate creation, "It is good," but what He is
creating
in you - "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27) - is great!
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God excels in the art of understatement. To say of His incredible work in
creating
the universe, "It is good" employs a style that is restrained, to say the least.
This means we can be assured that when we please Him, we really please Him with
a joy that is humanly indescribable. "So," 2 Corinthians 5:9 says with more
understatement,
"we make it our goal to please him."
I am awestruck to think that I can do something - anything - that brings You
enormous
pleasure and joy. What a privilege to play a part in actually giving You, the
Lord
of the universe, great pleasure.
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Blessings,
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