Our speaker Paul Hawkins' promise was that by the end of this week, our brains would be completely exhausted from thinking so much. And he pulled through pretty well, I'd say! His teachings kept me thinking and rethinking, as he taught on God's Character and Nature. Be careful before checking out what this guy has to say though because, as he so aptly put it, "when you walk in the conscious reality of who God is, it will change the way you live".
This week, I have discovered that while God's Character and Nature and often used in the same context, they are not the same thing. God's Nature are his intrinsic qualities that He possesses simply because He is God, and therefore are qualities that none possess besides Him: infinite, omnipotent, omnipresent etc. His Character are the qualities that He chooses to possess, and that He wants us to possess as well such as His love, His righteousness, His justice, His faithfulness etc... The thing about God's character is that we can't accept one of its many facets but not the others. We either believe it all to be true or we don't.
And if we accept it all to be true, it changes the way we live. If we truly believe that God loves us with an agape love, a love that always chooses the best for its object, then is there any reason for us not to want His will for our lives? If we truly believe that God is faithful, which we logically should, considering, He has never once broken a promise or failed, then is there any reason for us not to believe that He will continue to fulfill His promises? If we truly believe that God is good, not by necessity but rather by choice, then is there any reason for us not to trust Him implicitly?
"When we walk in the conscious reality of who God is, it will change the way you live". No joke!
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