Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Not the kind of God I want. He is too powerless for my liking.




Christmas makes me nervous.
The Infinite who came in a feeding trough is not the kind of God I want.
He is too powerless for my liking.
Such a God is an embarrassment,
not just to the Herod's of this world,
but to all who are enamoured with themselves and their own potency.
I don’t want this God.
I have an inn to offer,
decorated for Christmas,
not a stinking stall.
God exists in weakness and comes to those who reach up to him with
empty hands.
He is neither useful nor helpful.
He came and still comes,
not to solve our problems or answer our questions or fulfil our
needs or bless our endeavours,
but to expose our problems,
to question our answers,
to be our need,
and to point us to his kingdom.
In Christ,
God enters time and space to turn our world upside down and inside out.
“Valleys are made high, mountains are laid low.”
We are left bewildered,
undone.

Charles Moore