Sunday, January 8, 2023

Nouwen Meditation: God Needs Me as Much as I Need God

Now & Then Podcast
In this week's episode of Henri Nouwen, Now & Then, we feature a lively discussion between Henri Nouwen and an audience of Christian leaders first recorded in 1983. Henri wrestles with challenging questions about what it means to be peacemakers in a world threatened by war and the use of nuclear weapons. Surprisingly timely and disarmingly intimate -- part three is a great listen!

DAILY MEDITATION | JANUARY 8, 2023
God Needs Me as Much as I Need God
It might sound strange, but God wants to find me as much as, if not more than, I want to find God. Yes, God needs me as much as I need God. God is not the patriarch who stays home, doesn’t move, and expects his children to come to him, apologize for their aberrant behavior, beg for forgiveness, and promise to do better. To the contrary, he leaves the house, ignoring his dignity by running toward them, pays no heed to apologies and promises of change, and brings them to the table richly prepared for them.

I am beginning to now see how radically the character of my spiritual journey will change when I no longer think of God as hiding out and making it as difficult as possible for me to find him, but, instead, as the One who is looking for me while I am doing the hiding.
"Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"

GENESIS 3:8,9 (NIV)
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