The Sciotoville Christian Church

I don’t mean to poke fun or anything, but when I say this is odd what I am saying is if you would see this couple walking along the beach what would you do? Would you just walk on as if a 5’9 man was walking along with a 5’6 woman? Anyone who would see this couple out in public would stop and stare (don’t think you wouldn’t or that you are too good of a Christian to stare at people, because in this case you would!). The difference is so striking that one just can’t help but stare in amazement at the obvious! Think of the things they don’t have in common. Can you imagine if they had to share a car! I mean there is only about 3 or 4 inches difference between me and my wife and I get aggravated pushing the seat back and forth and adjusting the mirror every time we swap vehicles.  Or think about the showerhead for just a second! Can you imagine how tall the showerhead would have to be for him to wash off, but then on her side of this deal she would have to have boiling water coming out of the showerhead to avoid ice-cycles by the time it got down to her!

O, what an ordeal this marriage must be!!!!  

OK, Jason what’s your point? Well the point is this: when any two different persons of a strikingly different make-up come together it should make people stop and stare in amazement. And just like in every relationship there are going to be some adjustments that are necessary in order for the relationship to work out, but in this case the adjustments are a bit of a stretch.

It’s just like man’s relationship with God! The prophet Isaiah tells us that our sins have separated us from God and that our righteousness (or the very best that we can do) is but filthy rags in comparison to our God! And yet God desires to have a relationship with us! This is an amazing thing and adjustments are needed in order for this relationship to happen. God’s adjustment is simply defined as GRACE and man’s adjustment is OBEDIENCE. If ma obeys the then God’s grace can create this very odd couple and people will stop and stare!

I can almost imagine Adam and Eve as they would stroll through the Garden with God. I can imagine how all the animals would stop and stare at what an odd group. Even man before the fall could surely not be as impressive as the Maker of all things! And then my mind wonders to the shores of Galilee where a group of men walked with a Man, the Son of Man. I know that people could tell a difference in the men as they walked! I know the difference had to be a striking one! I know that people just wanted to stop and stare at this odd couple! And then my mind wonders to the resurrection of the dead, not of our Savior, but of the saints. The day when this mortal shall put on immortality and I wonder if, maybe just for a moment, if creation will once again stop and think… “What an odd thing to see again. Man walking with God? How could this be?”

The Amplified Bible reads like this- ^{Ro 5:1} THEREFORE, SINCE we are justified ( acquitted, declared righteous, and given a right standing with God) through faith, let us [grasp the fact that we] have [the peace of reconciliation to hold and to enjoy] peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). ² Through Him also we have [our] access (entrance, introduction) by faith into this grace (state of God’s favor) in which we [firmly and safely] stand. And let us rejoice and exult in our hope of experiencing and enjoying the glory of God.

Precious ones of God let us rejoice today at the odd couple: God and you! And let’s give Him praise for His mercy and grace that makes that “walk on the beach” possible!