Getting to Know God- Part 2

Hi everyone. I hope that you have been enjoying these posts as much as I have enjoyed writing them. It is my desire for everyone to have a close walk with God. I have learned a lot about God from my own personal walk with him, and I still have a lot to learn. In the last post, I shared that God is three separate individuals, yet he is one in unity. I used marriage as an example to explain this aspect of God. In a marriage there is a husband and wife that are two separate individuals. When they are joined in marriage, they become a family. They are still two individuals, but they begin to operate as a unit. I told you that God consists of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. I would like to tell you a little bit about each member of the Godhead. This is not an easy task. There is so much about God that I do not know. You can walk with him for a lifetime, and never run out of things to learn. God the Father is just like the father of an earthly family. He is a provider and protector. He makes decisions that pertain to the family. He is a giver. He not only gives us things that we need, he sometimes gives us things that we want. Let me get one thing straight before we continue. God is spirit. He doesn't have a gender. Scripture uses the word father to refer to God the Father. When we hear the word father, we think of the things that I just talked about. Now, lets talk about God the Son. God the Son is the member of the Godhead that carried out the Father's plan to restore the relationship between God and man. Children here on earth do tasks that their parents give them to do. Jesus carried out the tasks that God the Father gave him to do. His task was to restore the relationship between God and man that was marred with the fall of Adam. Who is God the Son? I know that you have probably heard of Jesus Christ. He is God the Son. He is unique among men. He is God, therefore he knows God's viewpoint. As part of the Father's plan, Jesus was sent to earth as a man. Since he lived here as a man, he knows our viewpoint. He knows our strengths and weaknesses. That makes him a perfect mediator between God and man. In a later post, I will go into detail about how Jesus restores our relationship to God. This is good news. God made a way for us to have a close walk with him through Jesus Christ. Now I would like to tell you about God the Holy Spirit. As I told you earlier, God is spirit. He does not have a gender . We are created in the image of God and he has given us some clues from our lives that show us what he is like. God the Holy Spirit is just like a mother. He nurtures and comforts us. He teaches us. He leads us and guides us. He heals our wounds. He helps us in times of trouble. He draws us to God. I am thankful for each member of the Godhead and the role that each one plays in our lives. I hope that with each of these posts, you are developing a deeper hunger for God. Begin to ask Holy Spirit to give you a hunger for God. Be blessed.