{"id":20228,"date":"2014-06-17T00:20:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T04:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=20228"},"modified":"2014-06-16T20:24:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T00:24:37","slug":"gods-condescension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/17\/gods-condescension\/","title":{"rendered":"God’s Condescension"},"content":{"rendered":"

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He stoops to look down on heaven and on earth.
\nPsalm 113:6 NLT<\/p>\n

Who humbles Himself to regard the heavens and the earth!
\nPsalm 113:6 AMP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As I was researching this verse, I kept coming across the phrase \u201cGod\u2019s condescension<\/em>.\u201d I did not like the way that sounded. Who thinks of God as condescending? To me, condescending<\/em> meant ‘patronizing superiority’. \u00a0But biblically it means the exact opposite. I looked it up in several biblical dictionaries and found that condescension<\/em> means ‘gentleness, meekness, or humility’. \u00a0It is used to describe God\u2019s benevolence towards us.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Think of it this way\u2014God\u2019s glory is above all things, even the heavens. \u00a0Job 5:15 says: \u201cBehold, He puts no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight\u201d (NASB). \u00a0Yet, He never neglects any of His creations. \u00a0Psalm 138:6 puts it this way: \u201cThough the Lord is on high, Yet He regards the lowly\u201d (NKJ). \u00a0He gives us His constant care and attention. God is aware of even the smallest of details. \u00a0Psalm 11:4 tells us: \u201cThe Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord\u2019s throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; He examines everyone.\u201d \u00a0There is not one thing that He does not see, guide, and direct (as if there is nothing else to demand His attention).<\/p>\n

What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?
\nPsalm 8:4 NASB<\/p>\n

Lord, what is man that You take notice of him? Or [the] son of man that You take account of him?
\nPsalm 144:3 AMP<\/p>\n

Who are we that God should be so mindful of us? \u00a0Job 36:5 reminds us: \u201cBehold! God is mighty, and yet despises no one nor regards anything as trivial.\u201d \u00a0He is infinitely perfect and all-sufficient; and yet, it pleases Him to think of us. \u00a0He stoops from His throne on high to lay His hand upon us. God chooses to open Himself to us. Humble beyond any comparison, He stoops to offer us reconciliation.<\/p>\n

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In the words of Charles Spurgeon:
\n\u201cIt is God making Himself little which is the cause of our being made great.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If that doesn\u2019t blow you away, nothing ever will!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Father God, I stand amazed and in awe of You. That You, to whom even the heavens are unclean, should stoop down and take notice of me. Mere words will never adequately express the gratefulness and appreciation I feel that You should humble Yourself on my behalf. Thank You Father. In the precious name of Jesus, I pray \u2013 Amen, so be it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He stoops to look down on heaven and on earth. Psalm 113:6 NLT Who humbles Himself to regard the heavens and the earth! Psalm 113:6 AMP As I was researching this verse, I kept coming across the phrase \u201cGod\u2019s condescension.\u201d I did not like the way that sounded. Who thinks of God as condescending? To […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[5889,3367,1287,425,6562,6561,6559,6555,6556,6563,3996,6558,6557,3174,6560],"class_list":["post-20228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-god-stooped","tag-gods-condescension","tag-job-365","tag-job-515","tag-psalm-114","tag-psalm-1136","tag-psalm-1386","tag-psalm-1443","tag-psalm-84","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-spurgeon","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-5gg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20230,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20228\/revisions\/20230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}