One of the most amazing incidents we come across in biblical history is how the Almighty God, the Creator of the universe, would, as it were, leave the rest of his creation and make time to be with an individual.
Just think about it. In six days, he created the ancient universe and rested on the seventh day.
Since then, as the Lord Jesus enlightened us about God’s work schedule, God is still at work, even up to this present age (John 5:17).
Busy Creator?
So, how come God, still at work, finds the time to spend with just one person?
We are tempted to ask, “Doesn’t God have other things to do that he would leave everything and other people and spend his precious time with an individual?”
If that is your question, then welcome to divine omnipresence, where God is present everywhere at the same time, and omnipotence, by which he possesses supreme and all-powerful authority. God is not too busy to attend to us individually.
Welcome also to his marvellous love, for only God’s unconditional love would make him leave the rest of the world and spend time with an individual.
Whenever we learn of God’s encounter with a mortal being, whether in generations gone by or in our own generation and locality, we derive great inspiration for our own walk with him.
For our examples, let us start with the first human being that God created: Adam.
The narrative is beautiful. God descended from heaven and walked in the garden in the cool of the day on a one-on-one mission. He was looking for Adam.
“Where are you, Adam?” It was a forceful question, for the first human beings had just disobeyed God and plunged all mankind into deep darkness.
Into that darkness God walked, to look for Adam and deal with the sin that had been committed.
God was not ashamed to identify with a sinful man and his wife, but intentionally sought to restore them.
To this day, God is still in the mission of looking for us, individually and collectively, that he may draw us closer to him so we may find grace in the dismal times of our life.
The end has come
The story was the same when God met Noah one-on-one.
When he met Adam, the first man and his wife had just plunged the world into sin and darkness.
Similarly, when he met Noah, the sin of the world had degenerated to the point where “every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time” (Genesis 6:5).
Thus, “the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.
God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways” (Genesis 6:11, 12).
Again, into this chaos, God decided to go on a one-on-one mission to Noah.
Like the first encounter with Adam, God pronounced judgement on the rest of the earth but offered salvation for Noah and his family.
I am quite amazed by God that, however dismal a situation may be, he finds it in his divine heart to bring salvation to those who, like Noah, choose to follow him and do his will.
The man had been living with his father’s family, not thinking about leaving them or about his future.
Then God approached him with a command that would change his life forever.
The Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people, and your father’s household to the land I will show you.”
Just like that! God didn’t show him which land or where it was located.
This command turned out to be one of the most significant interruptions in human history, with eternal consequences.
While Abram was still thinking about it, God revealed an even more astonishing part of this interruption: “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great . . . I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
It was time for God to begin fulfilling the statement he made to the old serpent who caused humanity to sin against God.
The Lord had told the serpent, “He (the offspring of the woman) will crush your head, and you will strike his heel” (Genesis 3:15).
Abram, who would later be called Abraham, would be the father of the Jewish nation from which Christ Jesus would be born, the Saviour of the world.
Next week: The good Lord willing, we will explore more one-on-one encounters that unearth God’s divine intervention in human life, including ours today.
The writer is a publisher, author, writer-trainer and CEO of Step Publishers.
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