If each grain of sand on the seashore were numbered
and the sum labeled “chosen of God,”
They’d be numbers still, not names;
salvation comes by personal selection.
God doesn’t count us; he calls us by name.
Arithmetic is not his focus.
and the sum labeled “chosen of God,”
They’d be numbers still, not names;
salvation comes by personal selection.
God doesn’t count us; he calls us by name.
Arithmetic is not his focus.
I liked the Message version. The God of the entire universe calls me by name. I don't think I ever really let that completely sink in. Its really impossible to get my head around, from billions of people that have lived on this earth he knows who I am and what makes me tick. He calls me to seek him out. He has Grace for me.
knut
I love that. I didn't read the message this morning, and didn't get that insight. That truly is powerful. It's so easy for us to fall back to mass judgment when the numbers get unmanage-able. But, not with God. He knows our names. Cares about everyone uniquely.
ReplyDeleteIt is truly an incredible thing. And, COMPLETELY un-human.
tp