God on Guard

How do you view God? Is God sitting at a great control panel in the sky, pulling strings and flipping switches to carefully orchestrate what happens in the world? That is one common view of God. A contrasting view is that God is aloof and distant. Pastor Phil Kniss used the scripture passages of today, Psalm 23, Revelation 7:9, 13-17, and John 10:22-30, as well as a dearly loved hymn of the congregation, to highlight that neither of the above views seems to accurately depict God. God is not aloof. God loves us, and nothing can snatch us from that love. God's nature and purpose is to save. This does not mean we will not suffer, but it does mean that God will stay with us throughout any ordeal, and will be with us on the other side.