So with Salvation being defined in such a
variety of ways to deal with such a variety of human needs, who wouldn’t want
to be saved? Who among us wouldn’t want to feel more whole, complete and at
peace? Who of us wouldn’t want to experience deeper healing in all of the
broken areas of our lives? Who of us wouldn’t want to truly feel at home in
this world – at home with ourselves, with God, and with others? Who of us
wouldn’t want to see the world become a place of greater reconciliation and
harmony?
A Kindergarten teacher was observing her
classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk
around to see each child’s work. As she got to one little girl who was working
diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, “I’m drawing God.”
The teacher paused and said, “But no one knows
what God looks like.” Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing,
the girl replied, “They will in a minute.”
It’s amazing the kinds of God-pictures people
draw. If you were the only artist that could describe God to the world, what
would the world think about God from your drawing? That’s a sobering thought,
isn’t it?
No wonder God has provided so many different
metaphors and stories of salvation. He wants the world to see what God’s kind
of life is all about; what the problem is and what the solution is. Applying the
right solution to the right problem is significant, otherwise something gets
lost in the translation.
As we’ve seen, there’s so much more to salvation
than simply trying to keep from sinning so we can make it to heaven in the end.
That picture people have drawn is not complete. There’s more to it, for our
sake and for God’s.
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