What do you see? A or B?
A. There is an interaction between two unlike things that are apart from each other.
B. There is an interaction between two like things that are part of each other.
Too subltle for you?
Sunshine and Tree. A or B?
Enough about photosynthesis...
What about you?
A. Is there an interaction between you and God - distinctly unique?
B. Is there an interaction with your God in you and you in Him, as part of each other?
Too subltle for you?
What is your interaction like? Do you need Him? Do you think He needs you?
God is not a man that He should require an intercourse with man. However, we are "like" Him, in that He delights in the intercourse with man.
Not comfortable with the word "intercourse?" What about "intimate relationship?"
Oh, maybe you are not comfortable with "Him," the masculine pronoun. Then forget what you know about men and think about the SUN. More powerful than the tree, right? We could even go so far as to say "the SUN nurtures the tree." Sounds a bit less masculine maybe even femine? No, I'm not suggesting that God is a woman - but I'm just as sure that He is not a man. Try, "spirit." That's why we are only "like" Him.
Ok, so try this little experiment.
EXPERIMENT -
Hypothesis - If God is good/strong/merciful/gentle/kind/ (you get the point...) then - ask (pray) for His goodness to shine into you and nurture you - and He will delight in it.
You don't like to pray? Try this. Ask God to be like the SUN to you.
Tell me what you discover. This is the real test. How do you know that you passed? One word, "Fruit."
