Come and See (John 1:29-42)
The scriptures present any number of images of God—God the Lion of Judah, the watchful shepherd, the heartbroken lover, the vigilant protector, the loving parent who expects more from us than we’re often willing to give, the vulnerable shepherd who places God’s life in our hands. So why focus all your energy on a God who seems perpetually aggrieved, who prefers manipulation to attraction, whose greatest desire seems to be to set down impossible expectations in the hope that nobody will meet them so God can finally do what God, according to them, has wanted to do all along? Lower the boom and send us all to hell.
And if that’s the God you serve, isn’t that the example you imitate? If you believe that a bitter, resentful, and suspicious God is the image in which you were created, is it any wonder when you turn out to be bitter, resentful, and suspicious of everyone else who doesn’t meet *your standards?
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