Your experiences influence your vision of God. Have you experienced joy and wealth? If so, you might easily see God as generous and kind. Have you experienced abuse and poverty? If so, you might easily see God as vengeful or uninvolved.
What has your life been like? How have you responded to the joys? The struggles? The pains?
Where have you looked for help? The Lord? Pleasure? Rebellion?
Although a few key attritributes of God can be known by looking at creation we are still left wondering, 'God, who are you? What are you like? How can I know you?'.
Thankfully, God has revealed his nature and attributes through his Word, through history, and through his Holy Spirit. We see his grace in the life of Abraham. We see his mercy in the Exodus. We see his redemption in sending his Son, Jesus Christ, to pay the penalty for our sins.
I do not know what you have experienced in this life. I do not know who your parents are. I do not know how wealthy, poor, joyful or angry you are. I do know one thing though: God has extended his hand to you and offered new life. Will you accept it? Will you look at sin and say, 'No more.' Will you look at God and say, 'Yes, please restore me.'?
Psalm 146:7-10 The Lord sets the prisoners free; the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous...but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
May you embrace all that he has offered. And may you experience the joy of knowing God...
