You may have seen the ads during the Super Bowl from the folks at “He Gets Us”. “He” being Jesus. I have not performed a comprehensive study into the ads myself, so, I will refrain from offering either my approval or disapproval. In fact, even though it is the heading of this article, I won’t be including it very much at all.
What did come to mind was instead, “Do we get Him?” I believe we run the risk of making expressions of worship and our spiritual engagements more self-focused that God-focused. Even though “He Get Us” refers to Jesus, isn’t the focus actually on us?
I get it. We are a sinful and fallible people in need of a God who understands us. We hurt. We fear. We doubt. But before we concern ourselves with whether He gets us, we should make “getting” Him the priority.
God transcends, well, everything and everyone. The Creator of all is the Greater of all. So, “getting” Him doesn’t equate to fully understanding Him or His ways (Isaiah 55:8-9, Ecclesiastes 8:17).
What can we “get” about Him? We can get a deeper understanding of His grace, a better grasp of His forgiveness, a deeper knowledge of His will, and a greater awareness of His love! Where? In His Word. We can find all of this in His Word and through prayer.
Before being too wrapped up in whether He gets us, let’s first focus on us getting Him.
Much Love!
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