God's Top
Initiative!
"For the Son of Man has
come to seek and to save
that which was lost."
Luke 19: 10
Italian artist Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the
Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. The most famous part of
the ceiling is The Creation of Adam which depicts
God reaching His finger to touch the outstretched
hand of Adam, imparting to him the gift of life.
While the scene conveys many biblical
truths, perhaps central is the
initiative
of God—God reaching out to man.
Creation was not the only time God took initiative
regarding man, creating man in His own image.
When man needed redemption and
reconciliation,
due to sin and estrangement from God,
God reached out again.
God didn’t allow mankind to flounder and perish in
their sins; He reached out to creation in
the Person
of Jesus Christ: “For the Son of Man has come to
seek and to save that which was lost.” God sent
Jesus into the world
to seek and to save those
who were far from God.
Take the initiative to reach out to God with
thanks and praise for Jesus and to others
with the message of
grace and salvation.
"If [God] does
not show Himself,
nothing you can do will enable
you to find Him."
C. S.
Lewis