I had a phonecall from _mike- this morning with a question for me and he asked me to send it to the forum. So here is the question and my answer to kickstart the discussion, which I think is a very good one.
Who is God to me?
God is first and foremost the creator of the universe, without beginning, end or equal. As I write that, one thought has struck me... GOD IS.
He just IS. No question of that and beyond that I do find it hard to describe Him adequately. I can use all sorts of words like God is Love, BUT GOD IS describes it perfectly.
Even when I was walking in a desert/dry experience as a Christian for a chouple of years, the one thing that stayed even when I questioned many other things, was GOD IS.
So what is God to me?
1. He is my Father. Somehow the great creator God is for closer than my own earthly human father, I am His child, and all because in His Father love He gave his Son to die for me.
2. He is pure and unconditional love. Nothing can separate me from that love or replace that love in my life, because even though I love the special people in my life, that love is rooted and has it's origins in love, because I can only love them, because God first loved me.
3. He is God almighty, He is one God, He is the ONLY God, He is my provider Jehovah Jireh, He is merciful, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent. He is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the End, He is the Resurrection and the Life, the One who was and is and is to come. He is my peace, He is my redeemer.. He is so many, many things as described in the Bible. He is beyond description.
What is He to you?