God, surprise us!

"The Father and I are one."

John 10:30

This must have been so disturbing to the people of Jesus' time! And why? Because they thought they had God all figured out. They had a long history of relationship with God and this really didn't fit into their image of God. The prophets had foretold the coming of the Messiah, but this guy didn't seem to fit the bill. Who could blame them, really? Just when they were so comfortable with God, this Jesus comes along and stirs up this hornet's nest...saying he and God are one. It points out the problem we often have, too, of confining God to what we think God should be. Maybe it is because of the way we were raised, our spiritual education, our ancestor's experience. Or maybe it is because of the way we want God to behave. But the fact is, God is God. The whole New Testament is God being astounding, surprising, knocking convention on its ear. If we believe in the New Testament, we can believe that God cannot be confined or contained. As much as we know about God, we don't know it all about God and that still leaves God lots of room to surprise us! And thanks-be-to-God for that! Love, heidi