Ideas to Grow: What God Sees | Be Bored
What does God see when he looks at you? It is an important question and I am sure a few different answers went through your head. Kyle Brooks recently took on a common phrase in the church and unpacked how it leads us off what is actually true…
“When God looks at you, he doesn’t see you. He sees Jesus.”
“The only problem?
It’s not true.
It isn’t biblical.
It leads to profound misunderstanding of God’s character.
It keeps us stuck in shame.”
“Well, here’s my most charitable interpretation. In an age of soundbites and hot takes, Christian speakers, writers, and influencers feel serious pressure to condense heady theological doctrine into simple, emotionally relatable terms. What is the doctrine in this case? The imputation of Christ’s righteousness.”
Check out the whole article, and be reminded of the love of God for you, here.
Are you ever bored? Well, you should be! It will actually help you in a ton of ways…