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First Friday FellowshipAuthor: First Friday Fellowship
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“I Think Michelangelo Got It!”
Wednesday, 1 April, 2026
The first time I saw the Michelangelo painting, “The Creation of Adam,” I was struck by the hands.The hand of God, and the hand of Adam, are telling the whole story. God is reaching, and stretching his fingers, and fully spread out, trying to connect with Adam.Adam is relaxed, passive, his wrist is hanging. His hand isn't reaching for anything. This is the WHOLE PICTURE of our relationship with God. God pursues a relationship with us. He wants to be in our life. He loves us, and He's working moment by moment, to connect with us. But, in our passivity, and our careless comfort, we continuously create a gap. The beauty in the painting is the truth of it. Adam can hardly be bothered to reach back. Yet, God constantly pursues us, constantly loves us, constantly pursues our souls.The Bible says, that it is His heart that NOT ONE of us is lost. He wants us all to be saved. But just like Adam, how many of us are sitting back, passive and relaxed, waiting for the God of the universe to find us? How about we put out a little effort? What if, instead of passively going through life, what if we started to take a direct interest in the things that God actually cares about? What if we actually started reaching our hand back? What kind of amazing things could He do in our lives? A gift as great as eternal salvation, a gift that was paid for by the BLOOD OF KING JESUS, is not something to treat passively.How about we reach back? How about we try? Luke 15:4-7 / 1 John 4:19 / Hebrews 13:5
