We continue with another section of Walter Wink’s “The Human Being.”
In light of Ezekiel’s vision, humanity cannot be the measure of all things, much less of God, because we are not yet human. We do not even know what humanness is. God alone can reveal to us the mystery of our being.
I would think it odd that any of us have so mastered our humanity that we can claim to know God let alone know ourselves. In fact there is something frightening about even the consideration of that thought. Within the journey of being made in the image of God and becoming human, is the power of God’s Spirit that pulls and shapes us and bring us to see what is beyond our own capacity to see. Therefore, the fullness of our humanness is always just beyond the place in which we stand. There will be no super race or person who is the ultimate one. In fact, that is why we continue to turn to the story of Jesus…for there is for us one who gives us a view of our God by being utterly human.
Connection: What are you becoming today and how is God breaking in to reveal to you another aspect of your humanity that you could not find on your own?
Lead us and show us the many ways our lives are gifted by your presence, O God, so that the adventure of this day may be entered with a sense of expectation and hopefulness. Amen.
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