I’ve just reviewed a book which is primarily testimony mixed in with pastoral advice about walking through difficult days (watch out later this week). What the book does well is it highlights God’s sovereignty. We can trust in the omnipotent, omniscient, God.
I think different strands of Christianity help us get specific aspects of God and correct inbalances. Some Christians over emphasise the nearness of God at the risk of making him sound malleable and finite. We need to remember God’s Sovereignty so as not to fall into that error
However we must not lose the nearness of God either. Some traditions are so emphatic about God’s greatness that they can make him sound distant.
God is not like that. Nor is it the case that we need Jesus to make God near. We don’t need to divide up the Trinity The triune God is faithful and compassionate, a friend who sticks closer than a brother. We have the Father, the Son who is Emmanuel, God with us and we have the Spirit, another comforter who indwells us
I am thankful that God is sovereign. I am thankful that God is near.
Faithroots 