How many kings, stepped down from their thrones?
How many lords have abandoned their homes?
How many greats have become the least for me?
How many Gods have poured out their hearts
To romance a world that has torn all apart?
How many fathers gave up their sons for me?
-Downhere
I don’t know a whole lot about other religions, but what I do know is that there is no other One that did all this for me & you. No other religion is pure, perfect, or genuine… so pure and perfect and genuine that their god stepped down to romance the world in the way that our God did. No other King stepped down into a broken, lonely, hurting, hopeless, sinful, and torn world. I don’t know any other Lords who left and abandoned their home to then make themselves lower than me. No other greats who decided to serve instead of be served, love instead of be loved, wash the feet of others instead of having their own washed. And I definitely don’t know of ANY other God who poured out their heart, their lives, and themselves for the safety and saving of mankind… for me, for you. No other God who gave up their Son, only Son… so that we could be saved.
That IS the God we have. We have a God who is livin the business of lovin & savin. (We have a God who infact did leave His home, come in human form… baby because it meant He needed His mother & father… shows us that Jesus was in need of His father, we too are in desperate need of Him.) We have a God who died so that we may live & He now lives on in us. We have a God who simply desires for us to take His love He is handing us so that we can heal and live in huge abundancy. We have a God who understands that this life is impossible without pain, and that pain in real. We have a God who breathed truth into us through His death on the cross. We have a God who equals community, fellowship, and friendship. We have a God who says, “you are not the only one hurting, you are not alone in this.” We have a God who says “I know you have questions… you’re not alone in that either. I also want to answer those questions!” We have a God who knows we need Him. And in our desperate time of need, our worst day, our worst night, our worst season… God showed up.
just One king,
Jenny
