Two new posts today. . .what in the world.
What is it to give one's will? one's desires? It is to seek the best for another, to want good for another regardless of personal gain and satisfaction. How does God do this? Doesn't He love Himself first? I suppose my definition of love is merely how humans ought to love. Since God is transcendant He is also unique in the sense that He deserves glory. How would only be just by acknowledging this fact. Therefore, He gives that we might be satisfied in Him alone, thus acknowledging His Holinessand self-sufficiency compared to our opposite nature. He loves that we may respond in worship. Though there be no attractive qualities in us, He yet seeks a personal relationship with us, for we are His image barers, spreading or quenching His fame in the eyes of all. How does He deal with both in love? The spreader He gives yet more grace to thrive. To the quencher, he who resists His grace, he remains consistent with Himself and performs justice where justice is due. On earth, He deals justly that the quencher might turn into a spreader. In eternity, He deals justly because He loves His own glory, and cannot look upon sin, and cannot accept the stained into His presence.