God Is Chasing You

Watermark Church - The Porch

When I went to the Porch on Tuesday night, I didn't expect to be impacted.  But I was.  David Marvin was going through the bloodline of Jesus Christ starting with Adam and Eve and talking about how we were made in the image of the Trinity, how we were created to connect to God, and how temptation calls God's Word into question.  We know that we're in temptation because we try and justify the sin, questioning God's Word and attempting to make what we're doing seem okay

Then, sin brings separation from God.

The separation because of sin saddens our Father because we were made to connect with Him.  One of the stories David mentioned was about his daughter.  He was at the store with his two kids and had one son running off in one direction, and his 1 1/2 year old daughter running in the other direction.  David was yelling at his son to come back and his daughter to stop.  She was going towards a piece of popcorn on the floor and wouldn't listen.  She picked up the popcorn, put it in her mouth, and then began choking.  Her face was changing colors and he began patting her on the back trying to get the popcorn out to help her breathe again.  David suddenly wasn't angry at his daughters disobedience, but rather concerned about the result of the disobedience.  In the same way, God is concerned about the outcome of our sin.  He is not standing around angry, but instead deeply concerned and saddened, desiring to help you.  I can't imagine what it's like to be the God of the Universe and have the one thing that He loved most -walking and talking with us in the garden- broken because of sin.  Now we have a separation every time we disobey and we have to go back to Him in repentance all the time.  But the beautiful picture is that He doesn't just leave us in our sin.  He comes after us...

The last image David gave was this.  When you hear a siren you look to see where it's coming from.  If it's a police car, you become worried and scared that they are coming after you.  But if you've been in an accident and hear a siren you are relieved because they are coming to help you.  The same goes with God.  He is not coming to get you.  He is chasing after you to help you.  He doesn't want you to stay in sin, but to grow and look to Him.  If God is chasing you to help you, the question is are you running away from Him or running to Him?

Truth be told, I've been running away from God.  I haven't seen Him because I haven't been looking.  I haven't found Him because I haven't been seeking.  And ever since that message last night I've been saddened to think that God has been chasing me trying to help, and all I've been doing is missing Him.  Because of fear.  Because I didn't think to look.  And now I get the chance to go back to Him, to seek and to find, to run towards Him.  What will you choose today?

                                                               In His arms,
                                                          Olivia Grace