God’s great passion is to be with you!
That’s where you need to be for God’s story. Its opening scene also starts with a relentless pace that doesn’t let up. The first line reads, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”
(Genesis 1:1).
Right off the bat we find the main character in the story is not you or me. It’s God. And the rest of The Storywill unfold out of the nature and person of this character. Just ten words in and there is enough action to leave you breathless. It doesn’t take long to find out what God’s great passion is. Birds? Nope. Animals? Not quite. Sun, moon or stars? Bright guess. No, in Genesis 3:8 we find that God is walking in the Garden with Adam and Eve in the “cool of the day.”
Sounds nice if you are in a hot, humid climate, doesn’t it? And yet the “cool of the day” is not the focus. God is, and he is near. He is right with Adam and Eve. And he is right here with us. His simple vision for his creation was to spend time with them every day, to take a walk with them.God’s supreme passion is to be with us.
Some of you have lived your life with the idea that God is some angry cosmic kill-joy who sits in the
heavens and watches you, waiting for you to make a mistake so he can zap you. Or, you feel he is distant and doesn’t care or has simply forgotten you. But from the beginning he has shown us this is not the case.
He wants to be with you. He has not forgotten you. In fact, this might be the perfect time for you to go for a walk.
Join us this Sunday at 9:30am as we explore The Story together.
Aram Mushegan
Lead Pastor | Activation Church