How Personal Is Personal?

I had the weirdest revelation in the past few days. I'm not even sure I can accurately describe, in words, what I have begun to see without sounding like I'm suffering from a heat stroke. Here goes: God has some of the same attributes as I do. Correction: I have some of the same attributes as my Heavenly Father.

I've been reading the book of Jeremiah during my morning prayer time. I don't know if it is the fact this book is longer than some, or if it was something particular to Ch. 33. While reading Ch. 33, I had the clearest picture in my mind of the fact God has a face, a back, a heart, and a mind. Chapter after chapter, God is talking to Jeremiah. The book is mostly a conversation between the two. It isn't just a five minute exchange either: "How are you? Good. Good. How are you? How is your family? Good. Well, good to see you." The Book of Jeremiah records multiple conversations...sometimes long conversations...between God and Jeremiah. I could almost see the two sitting on a rocky ledge, overlooking a beautiful valley. Some chapters they mourn over what will be the destruction of Jerusalem. Other chapters they rejoice over the future reconciliation and restoration of God's people.

As I slowly began to really think about the fact God isn't necessarily a glow in the dark blob of divinity, I had the strongest since of Him sitting right with me. Think about all the scripture that refers to God's face. God himself talks of hiding or not hiding His face. Moses is allowed to see God's back as He passes by. Scripture also refers to God's hand. Hands, an outstretched arm, a face, a back...duh...Genesis states we are created in His image. Even better, in the Book of Jeremiah, God refers to His heart and mind. Another glimpse - at the FEET of mercy.

I'm not trying to create an artist's sketch here. We do not know what God looks like. His glory is too much for us to take in with human eyes. However, that doesn't mean we don't have a glimpse. That's what Moses got. That's what we get from scripture...a glimpse.

Somehow that glimpse made Him all the more personal, closer, more intimate for me this week. I don't pray to Oz or some unknown entity. I pray to THE Almighty God who has a face, a back, a hand, an outstretched arm, a heart, and a mind! How personal? PERSONal...very PERSONal.