The Happy God (Grace Basics 2)

I knew a pastor who used to say, “God’s in a good mood.” To his dying day, he’d chuckle- in a serious way- when he said it. He was convinced that God was absolutely happy.

Somehow, I was totally uncomfortable with what he said— but I WAS (super-strangely enough) NOT uncomfortable with the opposite…

Why would I be more cozy with the notion that…

❌ God was angry,

❌ God had a “short fuse,” and

❌ God was ready to pour out His wrath on His children?

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The thrust of Scripture shows us the pastor was right. Though most people don’t believe it (they just haven’t been shown), God is… well… joy.

All of life, for that matter- is really an overflow of your deep-seated convictions. Of your beliefs. Even of what you think about God- or don’t think about Him or her or whatever-else-you-believe-to-be-true here.

As you live, it’s like plugging those beliefs in a small amplifier… with a microphone… and everyone else sees— and hears— those beliefs. That is, we practically “live out” what we believe to be true about God’s goodness (or lack of it), how He views people with differing views and lifestyle choices, and who we believe carries His image…

No matter how much you talk or don’t talk about them, your beliefs about what God is actually like REALLY DO matter.

At the fundamental level, how we view God affects all of life…

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