I hope you are enjoying the study in 1 Peter just half as much as I am. Isn’t it marvelous how a letter written 2000 years ago is just as timely as if it were written yesterday? That is the mystery and the wonder of the Scriptures. They are timeless in that they address every human’s quest to understand and relate to the invisible, eternal Creator. It is true that, “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever” (Isa 40:8). Some things just never change.

All of us experience pivotal moments that I call “Ah-Ha Moments.” Theologians call these moments epiphanies. My journey as a believer began with an Ah-Ha! This was when I realized that while it seems our world is always changing, ever progressing or declining, some things just never, ever change.

It makes total sense that God would never change, but the wonder of it all is that the questions about God and His answers to us don’t change either. What this means is a man like Abraham, who lived some 5,000 years ago, was fundamentally no different than you or me. It also means his discovery of the one true God and his interaction with God would mirror our own discoveries.

From the very beginning of recorded spiritual history, we see God taking the initiative to reveal Himself to His creation. Any attempt to completely understand God falls way short; however, it is possible to compile different authentic meetings with God to more completely appreciate the nature, character, and attributes of our unseen, unchangeable God.

Our loving, holy God is singularly focused on restoring His lost creation to a place of sin-free fellowship with Him. That is the story of the Bible. Actually, it is quite simple. From Adam & Eve’s fall to Christ’s return with the creation of a new heaven and a new earth, every human being is being drawn toward that final objective. Along the way, God reveals, God loves, God draws, and above all, God forgives and saves us from the oppressive, deadly wages of sin.

PJ