How does one express the wonder

And amazement

Of a God who draws near?

Most of the world’s perception

Of God

Most of the world’s invented

gods

Never draw near

A divine and powerful God

That draws near

Is foreign to the imaginings

Of man’s mind

Too great to fathom

Too much to hope for

Too deep the longing

Too risky to desire

So even the invention

Of our gods

Keep him aloof and distant

But the reality

Is something else

Something other

Jesus Christ

Son of God

Creator and Sustainer of all known

And unknown things

Came near

We were alienated

Separated

Far off

We had no hope

We were without God

The despair and bleak future

Real and palpable

But Christ

But Jesus

Drew near

To display the worth of His

Own name

To make much of his own glory

To enable us to make

Much of him

To enable us to delight in Him.

By his own blood

He made peace with us

By his own death

Drew us near

In man’s wildest dreams

We cannot conjure

An almighty being

Humbling himself so

In our wildest dreams

We cannot conjure

How one so great

Would bend so low

And isn’t that the wonder

Of it?

The one God

The true God

The Divine King

Is not like it’s feeble creation

He did…

You, Abba, did

Come near

The cross was the path

The blood was the means

To make peace

And bring us near

You came near

You dwell near

Your Spirit abiding here

In each one who repents

Who believes

Who trusts

And in that body of

Believers

In that group of followers

Your image is seen

Your glory is manifest

In the collective

Of Spirit in-dwelt individual’s

Your have come near

And dwell among us

You don’t dwell in houses

Made by men

We are your house

We are your dwelling

What a wonder this is!

What a mystery!

What a rich and incomprehensible

Joy and wonder!

Hebrews 3:1-6

Hebrews 3:1–6 (ESV): 3 Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, 2 who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house. 3 For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. 4 (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) 5 Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, 6 but Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.