Our Redeeming God of Grace

About this poem

Each of us is on a pathway, whether crooked or straight. Each of us has a conscience ever guiding us in the decisions we make, with the aim of “setting us apart” for God’s special use and purpose. This special act and divine intervention is called sanctification. Known or unknown to us, that voice of conscience is under the power, the direction, and authority of the Holy Spirit. Our voice of conscience is like a boomerang that is emanating from within us, directed outwardly, and returning with such vigor to haunt those who ignore it. We, all of humanity, have an abiding ever present Indwelling God of tender loving kindness and mercy, ever ready to guide us, to direct our pathway, to serve as Sanctifier to those who will listen and obey. Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961), a man of God and a scientist, pondering on the essence and on the majesty of the divine, describes it this way, employing the language of analytical psychology: “In each of us there is another whom we do not know. He speaks to us in dreams and tells us how differently he sees us from the way we see ourselves. When, therefore, we find ourselves in a difficult situation to which there is no solution, he can sometimes [like a Refiner’s Fire] kindle a light that radically alters our attitude — the very attitude that led us into a difficult situation” (Carl Jung, “Civilization in Transition,” CW 10, par. 325, Bollingen Series XX, Princeton, circa 1920s-1930s). It is our Heavenly Father God who, by the Grace of His Anointed One, our Lord, Jesus, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, sanctifies all who receive and follow Christ as their Lord and Savior. Postscript: Biblical Contexts For a Sermon: Psalm 71 (Theme: Our hope is in the love of the Lord); the SHEMA of God’s Oneness (Deuteronomy 6:4-9); the greatest commandment of love for God and love for one’s neighbors (Matthew 22:34-40). more »