We share in His Vulnerability

"But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are all witnesses." Acts 3:14-15

It's like oil and water, the word "vulnerability" and "God" should not mix right, they are or should be on complete opposites of the spectrum. We know that God has several attributes such as, being all knowing, all powerful, and omniscient, so why would he be vulnerable at all.

What is vulnerability? The dictionary defines vulnerability as, "capable of being physically or emotionally wounded or hurt." This sounds more of a definition that fits us in our daily lives as we live in this world. We are susceptible to being physically hurt each day with something so simple as stubbing a toe, or even a paper cut. Emotionally, we are all vulnerable, we are often let down many times by some of the closest people near and dear to us. That is human nature, that is why the Word says to never place your faith in man.

But did you know that God all knowing, all powerful, and omniscient, decided to make Himself "vulnerable." Many of you may be thinking, "Fonz, what the heck are you talking about, you have gone off the deep end." Well, believe it or not, it is what He did. He opened up and made Himself vulnerable to His creation by willingly putting Himself in a position to be hut by us both physically and emotionally. Now, we can see how a person can do this, maybe by being in a terrible relationship, where there is physical or emotional abuse. Now I guarantee that any person that goes into a relationship or opens up to somebody does not expect this sort of thing. We all go into relationships openly thinking that things will be well and we often times expose ourselves to much and not keep on guard. We expose our weaknesses and then the enemy uses that to hurt us.

As far as God is concerned we just need to look at the Cross to see this vulnerability, this is where His vulnerability becomes more alive to us. We see how Jesus Christ our Savior submits to being beaten viciously, whipped, slapped, spat on and nailed to a cross. Think about how God's heart broke to see this happening to His son. This shows us a picture of God caring enough for us to send His son to us and becoming vulnerable for us. Ephesians 4:30 talks to us about grieving the Spirit. "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."

What is grieving? Grieving is anguish, heartache, woe, misery, sadness, sorrow. We can actually grieve the Holy Spirit by living outside of His will for our lives, for when we live outside the will of the Holy Spirit we are living in disobedience. So what will you do? Will you disregard how God opened Himself? Or will it break our heart to think about knowingly hurting Him anymore than we already have? What is your choice.

God bless,

Fonz