Day 6 - Friday - Connect the Testament: A One-Year Daily Devotional with Bible Reading Plan - Logos
October 15: Picturing God Ezekiel 30:1–31:18 ; Revelation 14:14–15:8 ; Job 37:1–8 If you were to ask five people at random, “How do you picture God?” you would receive five very different answers. A social network prompt to “describe God in one word” confirms this idea: It resulted in more than 50 answers. For John, that one word was logos or “Word.” Ultimately, God is far too complex to fit into human language, and His personality is too diverse to capture in a painting, and his intricacy of character surpasses ours. God can feel the full spectrum of emotion and articulate who He is using the full range of vocabulary. He can encounter us in any way He sees fit. Where we may be able to change only our hair color, glasses, or general way of speaking, He can change anything. Throughout the books of Ezekiel and Revelation, we see diverse descriptions of God. They are so different that they could, by analogy, range from a mannerist painting of Jesus to a surrealist or modern one. Ezekie...