PROMISE #245 - SEPTEMBER 2
Promise #245:
I give life and breath to all things.
Acts 17:24-25 (WEB)
24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, 25 neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
In today's promise, we read the Scripture passage where the Apostle Paul speaks to some Greek philosophers on a place called Mars Hill. This place of pagan worship had many false gods to which they erected statues and monuments.
Paul, being the relevant kind of guy he was, stopped at a simple monument created for 'the unknown god.’ There, Paul began to reveal some of the mysteries about who the 'unknown god' actually was. Paul went on to preach the good news to these philosophers and showed that the unknown god was the only true God. I love how Paul creatively shared how God does not need to be worshiped through statues and idols because He is the very One that gives life and breath to all things!
The truth is that our God is not unknown and nameless. If we want to know what He is like, all we have to do is look at His Son, Jesus Christ. In John 14:9, Jesus says that anyone who has seen Jesus has seen the Father. Hebrews 1:3 says that Jesus is the exact representation of the Father's being.
The wonderful news about today's promise is that the God and Father of all creation (Ephesians 4:6) continues to be intimately involved in everything He created. He is not distant and unconcerned, for every heartbeat and every breath comes from His goodness.
I give life and breath to all things.
Acts 17:24-25 (WEB)
24 The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, 25 neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
In today's promise, we read the Scripture passage where the Apostle Paul speaks to some Greek philosophers on a place called Mars Hill. This place of pagan worship had many false gods to which they erected statues and monuments.
Paul, being the relevant kind of guy he was, stopped at a simple monument created for 'the unknown god.’ There, Paul began to reveal some of the mysteries about who the 'unknown god' actually was. Paul went on to preach the good news to these philosophers and showed that the unknown god was the only true God. I love how Paul creatively shared how God does not need to be worshiped through statues and idols because He is the very One that gives life and breath to all things!
The truth is that our God is not unknown and nameless. If we want to know what He is like, all we have to do is look at His Son, Jesus Christ. In John 14:9, Jesus says that anyone who has seen Jesus has seen the Father. Hebrews 1:3 says that Jesus is the exact representation of the Father's being.
The wonderful news about today's promise is that the God and Father of all creation (Ephesians 4:6) continues to be intimately involved in everything He created. He is not distant and unconcerned, for every heartbeat and every breath comes from His goodness.