The Works of God

I loved this reminder from Josh Harris, author of Dug Down Deep:

“Theology matters because if we get it wrong, then our whole life will be wrong.”

The more I see people advocating for various forms of eugenics or aborting children with disabilities, or making God small in light of hard things like disease, or earthquakes or poverty, the more I see it isn’t a problem of information or education.

But if we know who God is, what he’s like, and how he loves, our whole perspective changes.  And not just head knowledge, but a heart-driven desire to know this God, the way a man wants to know the wife he passionately loves.

I know that has changed how I think about God and disability.  And it was God who did it!

I am grateful God replaced my foolish, small, sin-filled, man-centered concept of who he is (one in which I not only felt I had the right but the responsibility to question his wisdom, care of, and love for me and my boy) with actual statements about who he is from his own word, like this from Psalm 89:1-8:

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;
in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”
You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn to David my servant:
‘I will establish your offspring forever,
and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,
a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,
and awesome above all who are around him?
O Lord God of hosts,
who is mighty as you are, O Lord,
with your faithfulness all around you?

And to those who still wonder if theology matters, I invite you to watch this short video from Josh Harris: