If we stop and think about it – really step out of our human “skin”, for a moment, and look at the cosmos from above – how utterly grateful we ought to be that our Creator is so benevolent! If we just start from the beginning, from either story of creation in Genesis, the abundance of God’s Grace is manifest.
God is, has always been, and always will be. God is the Creator of all. God needs no one. God is omnipotent (He can do anything, and everything, whenever He wants). God is omniscient (He knows everything)…
We don’t have to travel far in our imagination to see how different the outcome would be (the world we live in, our very selves…), if God were just, but not merciful… or worse yet, if God were not just…
As the Creator of all, He could have destroyed all, reduced everything and everyone to naught (no Ark, this time). He could have started all over, from scratch, and taken away man’s free will (man would be good for lack of choice). Or God could simply have decided, after the Fall of our parents, Adam and Eve, to wipe out humankind and leave the rest of Creation, for the mere pleasure He might derive from contemplating His handiwork: the rising and setting of the sun on the horizon, the mountains, the hills and valleys, the streams, the forests, and all the animals… minus man.
We would know nothing about it, we would not be here. No wars, no murders, no terrorism, no hatred, no greed… no sin, no sinners…
Let’s face it: nobody can make God accountable. He could say one thing and do another, he could make a promise, and then break it, he could resolve to do something, then change His mind..
Knowing what God actually did is a very humbling proposition…
Jesus, I trust in You. Thank You for loving us, so.
