O.K. Jesus Freaks, Who Is God?

This question has been haunting me. In the huge and ever growing world of twitter I follow #jesustweeters. I like watching the verses and small tidbits of encouragement scroll non-stop down the twitter stream. Yesterday, as I’m trying to keep up with the incoming posts, one pops up that clearly doesn’t belong. It went something like this,

”O.K. Jesus freaks, Who made God? #atheist”

I froze the screen for a second staring at it in disbelieve. Part of me was surprised at the audacity that someone would come into a great stream of Jesus lovin’ and throw a zingler in the middle of it. Then, I woke up realizing that the Jesustweeter hashtag could be people seeking after God and people who are watching the tweets, just like me, but for insight into what Christians know that what they don’t understand.

I wanted to throw back a quick response in 140 characters or less, but couldn’t muster up the brief words. So this post is for you, whoever you are, who just might be asking, “Who made God?”

First of all, God is. (period.) Nobody or nothing made God. The first verse I wanted to respond to my atheist friend was Revelation 1:8, “I am the alpha and the omega, who is, was, and is to come, the almighty, ” but I just knew that when I asked that same question growing up that a question like that was not going to cut it.

I can’t answer this question and give a short, flipant answer that will satisfy the skeptical and disbelieving heart. In Paul’s message to the Thessalonians he says in chaper 1 verses 4-6; “ 4 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. 6 You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.”

My dear seeking friends, God is incomprehensible. Our finite minds cannot grasp his magnitude, but my personal testimony is this; His power is real, He is real, and He wants to to search after that question as searching for silver and gold and hidden treasure so you will know the truth. For me, once I surrended my life to Christ and admitted that I was helpless and limited in my own human strength, I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that His is who He says He is because of the Holy Spirit He gave me.

I wish I would have saved her post and I wish I could have gotten an offline chat going to tell her that God loves her, wants a relationship with her, and encourage her to keep searching. This morning, I am praying for her and millions like her, who are not seeking after Who He is?

Even online you can live out loud for Christ. It just isn’t as evident in your actions, you may have to deliberately stop and engage in a conversation with someone who God places in front of you, right there in your twitter feed.