Wednesday, January 16, 2002
Wednesday, January 16, 2002
No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's
heart, who has made him known.
There are many people who are simply pacing back and forth in life. They have no idea that
Christ has removed the cage of our estrangement from God. If only they would receive him
and believe on his name, their lives would be turned upside down. They would be new people
with a whole new perspective on life.
(John 1.18
NRSV)
Some fifteen or so years ago when the Denver zoo was going through a major renovation,
there was a polar bear there, which had arrived at the zoo before a naturalistic environment
was ready for it. The cage that it was put in temporarily was just big enough that the polar bear
could take three nice, swinging steps in one direction, whirl up and around and come down
and take three steps in the other direction, back and forth. The polar bear spent many, many
months in that particular cage with those bars that restricted its behavior in that way.
Eventually a naturalistic environment was built around this cage, on-site. When it was finally
completed, the cage was removed from around the polar bear. Guess what happened? That's
right. It still paced back and forth as if the cage were still there.
Dear God, continue to remove the barriers in my life as I come to know your better. Amen.
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