Creaturehood

Creaturehood is an inconvenient truth. In the cave, we mask this identity more and more with machines that conceal the vulnerabilities of the flesh. While true peace eludes our souls, we find physical and psychological safety in new “armor” that is fashioned for a world we are creating. These are the new coverings in which we hide to conceal even the memory that we are created.

Before we fully receive the love our Creator is longing to give us, this armor must fall. We must return to a world we actually inhabit, but did not create. We confess that we are creatures, unmasking the pride of our age. To look to Him is to return as creatures to His presence. This is what Jesus spoke of when He said that He came to give life to the full.

Colossians tells us that we were made by Him and for Him.  God himself created us for Himself. There’s a relationship that is set up with us as creature and Him as Creator. The whole story, the whole of our DNA, all of our desire and longing is for that source to be embraced. Until we, the creatures, find ourselves face to face with the Creator, we will be restless. Distractions will multiply, and nothing will satisfy.

But when we, the trembling, mysteriously curious creatures, find the way to this new place, we get a glimpse of something different. Not a glimpse of words on paper, or flannel pieces on a wall at Sunday school class, or a degree behind our name, or place on a pew in a cathedral. We glimpse the Creator himself. The reward is the relationship with the One who longs to be with us. 

Author: Zach Elliott

Zach Elliott describes himself as an ordinary man who loves Jesus.
Anyone who knows Zach Elliott would describe him as far from ordinary.
Zach began his career with Oregon State Police as a Forensic Evidence Technician, then served as a church planter and a pastor before launching V3, a ministry committed to sharing the Gospel and loving the Church. He is a husband, father, speaker, author, and thought leader, engaging the world with a powerful message of hope and restoration in Christ. He has a contagious love of life, finds beauty in the most unlikely places, and loves people with an uncommon depth of respect and honor.

This excerpt is quoted from Zach’s book, Now I See.