That's ME

I am the little girl.
I am the little girl.
I am the little girl.

The words didn't change but they were so oxymoronical, in nature, they were hard to wrap my mind around . . . then a few moments later a tidal wave of Truth washed over me.

The scene was a little four-year-old girl latched on to her Mom's legs at work. Eagerly, impatiently and relentlessly she tried, in vain, to get her Mom's attention. A couple of feet above the little girl's head, her Mom talked to the sales lady with a sense of urgency one would've thought the future of the world depended on it!

The Mom, who no doubt endlessly loves her little girl and equally desires her love, time and attention, had tunnel vision. It wasn't that she loved her daughter any less or that she wanted her to go away, although the message could've easily been construed as that . . . just in that moment someone was more important.

"I am the little girl."

If you're wondering why I was having such a hard time with those words; it's because of the great paradox. God, the Creator of the Universe, was telling me He was a four-year-old little girl. How much more absurd could a statement possibly be? At least at first hearing it.

How you may ask? Just like that little girl how often does God try to get our attention? He desperately wants to spend time with us because He desperately loves us! And true to form we are just like that Mom . . . we simply ignore the little soft voice. Isn't that crazy? The small voice we ignore is the most thunderous powerful voice to ever hit the atmosphere-- that of Almighty God. How foolish are we? We ignore His subtle advances, not only ignore, but avoid them (at times) like the Bubonic Plague.

He will always teach, guide us, speak to us in an effort to stop us from being harmed . . . that's how much He loves us! See, it goes well beyond Him creating us because He desired our company. It even goes beyond the greatest act of Love that has or will ever take place the cross. God, who knew us entirely, completely, lacking no intimate knowledge of how we are intricately pieced together BEFORE the foundations of the Earth were even laid, gives us 1440 minutes and 86,400 seconds in 24 hours every single day to get to know Him. We have UNLIMITED access to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

Hear me friends. The Supreme Being of the Universe . . . THE King . . . the One who's omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent . . . not just the Restorer of ALL things but who is Restoration . . . not just the Lover of my soul but who is Love . . . not the Way-Maker but the Way . . . not just the Truth-teller but the Truth . . . not just the Life Giver but LIFE . . . That is Who is affording you the opportunity of getting to know Him . . . What an AWESOME honor and a way past AMAZING privilege!

If all you had to do was show up to the Ferrari dealership to get a brand new Ferrari, I guarantee the showroom and parking lot would be so packed with people you couldn't move! I would be there. Think of your biggest hero, living or dead . . . suppose you could have them on speed dial and they would not only answer the phone but would instantly appear beside you as soon as you called them. Cool huh?

I have GREAT news and bad news, which do you want first? The great news is we don't have to go to the dealership to get something far more valuable than a Ferrari . . . a car would change your life for days, or maybe weeks, but Jesus will CHANGE IT FOREVER! You don't even have to close your eyes . . . He's already there with you each step of the way-- what a reassuring thought! And your hero? Oh yeah, He made them.

Every single moment of every single day we can be in the presence of not just greatness, but the GREATEST! Yet, we so often stand God up and leave Him sitting alone at an intimate table for two . . . that is until we want something then we treat Him like a waiter as we not only place our order but order Him around.  You may say, "But you don't know what I've done, "I'm not good enough or "I don't deserve it!" Guess what? NONE of us do! It's only through His complete love and grace, made available through Jesus dying for our sins, that ANY can have relationship with Him. In short, it's not about our worthiness, it's about the One who gives us our worth!!

If you are going to put in your order, here's a suggestion . . . ask for God's will. While He wants nothing more than to see us happy, and give us our heart's desire, He also isn't going to grant every wish we have because some requests are harmful. He loves us too much to bring those to pass no matter how much faith we have!

Back to the little girl, what if she was trying so hard to get her Mom's attention because a poisonous snake was crawling up her leg? Every single day there is a snake (The Devil-- Genesis 3) that wants nothing more than to bite you and daily the little girl (God) tugs on our legs in an attempt to warn us . . . or better yet He just be wanting to tell us, "I love you!"

"If He who in Himself can lack nothing, chooses to need us, it is because we need to be needed." C.S. Lewis