a little while ago, during one of our prayer group session, we did a little activity which really opened my mind to who God really is. it is rather fun, and not too hard to do at all.
1. have everyone close their eyes and think of words that describe God
2. at random (or popcorn as Americans like to call it) just say those characteristics out loud
3. open eyes and share which word(s) stood out the most
you will be surprised at the words that describes God. or at least i was. sure u'll have the common answers like love, shelter, amazing, glorious.... but then as u start to dig a little deeper, you hear words like servant, sacred, sensitive, victorious, creative, colorful... there is a long long list if you keep going.
"SERVANT" left a deep impression on me. it is so easily to see ourselves in that "servant" position but i personally have never thought of God to be a servant, just the one whom we serve. the first image that comes to mind is that of Jesus, washing the feet of His disciples. sometimes when we think of ourselves having to take that role of a servant, we think of all the things we have to "sacrifice", the "service" we have to do for others before we are considered to have a "servant heart".God made the biggest sacrifice when He gave His only Son, to die on the cross for our sins. That is an act far greater than anything we can ever do and it's not about who makes the biggest sacrifice and has the biggest servant heart. it's about how much and what u're willing to sacrifice and serve others before God set the first example and sent Jesus to the cross for our sins.
many of the words that were mentioned during the activity taught me or reminded me of who God is. it's so easy to forget things we don't often think about. so easy to forget the good and loving Father that He is.
who is God? can u pick a word to describe him? take a moment to remember all that He is to u and learn more about who He truly is.
