He does indeed!
They say everyone has a type. Cough Cough, I know I do! That said, whether or not I have a type is utterly irrelevant. What’s more important is that God has a type – people He finds very attractive, eye-catching, and worthy of His attention.
How do I know God has a type? He told me … well, He told all of us 😁.
InIsaiah 66:1God asks what mankind could possible give to Him or do for Him that would be note-worthy to Him?
Heaven is My throne, and the earth is where I rest My feet. Where then is the house that you could build for Me? What man-made space could provide Me a resting place?
Isaiah 66:1(VOICE, AMP)
Relative to all that He has done for and given to Himself, God explicitly reveals to us that there’s NOTHING we can do or give to Him that would be eye-catching (attractive) to Him – not even a flawless performance!
… a flawless performance is NOTHING to You.
Psalm 51:16B(MSG)
… BUT inIsaiah 66:2God goes on to point out to us what who catches His eye …
EVERYTHING is a product of My hand – My being, and My doing … they came into being by and for Me…BUTI AM interested in and I look graciously on the one who is poor (needy of God), humble, of a broken or wounded spirit, who honors My commands and is reverently responsive to what I say … one who trembles at My Word.
Isaiah 66:2(VOICE, MSG, AMP/C)
The first thing I noticed as I connected withIsaiah 66:2is that these (being needy, weak, inadequate, incapable in any way, shape, or form) are the very things I naturally want to avoid experiencing and being – I naturally don’t want to be needy, I naturally don’t want to feel weak, inadequate, or incapable … most of life on earth is naturally spent trying to prevent, avoid, overcome, master, remove, even FIX these things.
You’d think that I would have learnt a little something from our very own saying: “opposites attract“, and thus would simply be the emptiness that attracts God’s abundance, the weakness that attracts God’s strength(2 Corinthians 12:9)… the need for Who God IS. Naaah, the Israel that I am naturally wrestles with this. Nevertheless, God is faithfully invested in making me attractive/beautiful to Him – His every word evokes my beautyEphesians 5:26(MSG). For this, I am grateful.
I am filled with JOY and my soul vibrates with exuberant Hope BECAUSE of The Eternal my God. For He has dressed me with the garment of salvation, wrapped me with the robe of righteousness … It’s as though I’m dressed for my wedding day – in the very best! …
Isaiah 61:10 (VOICE)
… Isaiah 61:10expresses my sentiment of gratitude, exactly! 🥰
Soooo, thus far, we’ve established that God has a type. We’ve also seen what some of the features of His said type are. What’s the point in sharing all this?
Point #1 – IF you found at least one of the features in you, THEN you are God’s type. He finds you quite attractive and can’t (won’t) take His eyes off you. This is one part of the point – to let you know that God finds you very attractive.
Point #2 – To encourage you to STOP trying to make yourself unattractive to God. Embrace your attractiveness (all that makes you attractive to Him). The KING is wild for you and He desires your beauty.
… The KING is wild for you … The KING yearns for your beauty, humble yourself before Him …
Psalm 45:10-11(MSG, VOICE)
Present it all to Him as a living sacrifice – it is good, acceptable, perfect!
The fountain of Your pleasure is found in the sacrifice of my shattered heart before You. You will not despise my tenderness as I bow down humbly at Your feet … Heart-shattered lives ready for love don’t for a moment escape God’s notice.
Psalm 51:17(TPT, MSG)
STOP trying to make yourself not His type by attempting to be what you consider to be worthy in His eyes and of His affection (1) through your lenses and (2) in your own strength – the inevitable outcome of doing this is failure on both accounts. To mean …
… you’ll always be the need for Who God IS. This can NOT not be the case.
… nothing you do (not even the things you “do” for Him) can make you worthy of His attention, His love, His heart. He already made you worthy by creating you exactly the way you are: ready-made for Love.
Regarding what you “do” for God (i.e. ministry, your service to God, “doing” good deeds), always keep in mind that God is The One Who does it for and through you – more to come on this in a different blog #Sabbath 💖- Yes, God does it and then rewards you for it.
… God MOST HIGH performs and accomplishes all things on my behalf – He brings to pass His purposes for me and surely completes them, AND rewards me.
Psalm 57:2(AMP/C)
Also keep in mind that what you “do” for God (what God does for and through you for Him) is NOT what makes you attractive to Him.
Many will say to Me: Lord, have we not prophesied, driven out demons, and done MANY mighty works in Your Name?
Matthew 7:22-23
BUT I will say to them:I never knew you…
I never knew you WOW! These words are similar (in meaning) to the words Jesus said to the five foolish virgins: I know you not … Matthew 25:1-12 (verse 12).
I currently don’t have the words in English (or any earthly language known to me) to use to adequately describe what I hear and experience when God says: I know you or I know you not. It has a deep and weighty meaning that I connect with but currently don’t (and may never) have the words to accurately articulate. For those He makes willing to know, I trustingly ask God to aid and give the needed understanding. Furthermore, I faith-FULLY pray that He (God) NEVER not know us.
… Jacob, O Israel, remember – you are Mine … I will never forget you … I, God, will never forget you. Look here, I have made you a part of Me, I have indelibly imprinted/written you on the palms of My hands …
Isaiah 44:21(VOICE), Isaiah 49:15B-16(VOICE, AMPC)
For my lack of a better way of describing the weight and the meaning of God saying: I know you, I’ll use my watered-down version of a translation to express what I hear/experience when God says to meI know youorI will NOT forget you:
“I see youand find you very attractive. I can NOT (will NOT) take My eyes off you – I can NOT not know you.I will NEVER not know you. I won’t let go of you … I refuse to be without you and so I have made you a part of Me (ONE with Me), you are Mine.“
Isaiah 41says it waaaay better …
I have reached to wherever you are in the farthest corners of earth(Psalm 139:7-12)and the most hidden places therein. I have called to you and said:
Isaiah 41:9-10,13(VOICE, AMPC)
… I have chosen you, not thrown you away. I AM here with you. I will strengthen you, I will help you. I AM here with My right hand to make right and hold you up … Do NOT be dismayed.
After all, it is I, The Eternal One, your God, Who has hold of your right hand and whispers in your ear: Don’t be afraid, I will help you.
All the holding hands and whispers … told ya! God has a type indeed!
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What a LOVER GOD IS – The MOST beautiful among tens of thousands … even to infinity and beyond! His Love (the very essence of His Heart) is the Beauty of His Holiness!💖 This unequivocally is what I want in every moment, now and for all of eternity!
What a breath-taking, life-giving LOVER GOD is!
A God Who would humble Himself (bring Himself down, low enough to our level) just to whisper into our ears His Words of Love and assurance. He could have thundered it all the way up from Heaven above like He did in Matthew 3:17– a very effective and fit-for-purpose approach, especially considering that the message was for the masses, and not Jesus specifically. Jesus knew Who He was to the Father – the bond of attraction between them made them ONE. Jesus was confident in the certitude of the Father’s Love so much so that He embraced being needy of the Father, whole-heartedly and God-fearingly(Hebrews 5:7AMPC).
In our currently-being-described case, while the attraction of being God’s type is evident, the series of one-on-one connections that transform us into being ONE with Him is needed. Hence, the different yet equally effective and fit-for-purpose approach … it’s intimate, it’s personal, and tends to take place in the secret place of the MOST HIGH (your heart – His garden, and ultimately His Heart). This one-to-one connection is literally Heart-to-Heart! 💖
Undeterred by our many weaknesses, God comes for us – our neediness (of Him) moves Him toward us – wherever we are. Even amidst the multitude, He notices us, He notices our touch (our need for Him, for Who He IS) – Luke 8:43-48 (AMPC). Even in the fire (Zechariah 3:1-4) … even in the miry clay (Psalm 40:2) – He doesn’t mind that we are filthy …
… He whispers into our ears and His words (His response of Love) make us clean – John 15:3💖.
He holds our right hand – there’s a significance to this, one that I’m hoping (in addition to points #1 and #2 mentioned above) will reinforcingly encourage you to NOT despise your weakness.
By earthly (need I say flawed) standards, the right hand is (more often than not) considered to be the strong or stronger hand. We (earth folk) really do have a down-side-up way of seeing things with our not-so “20/20” vision, and in some cases 3D glasses! God continue to help us all! 🙂
By God’s standard, man’s right hand represents our weaknesses and limitations. The image below connects the dots that revealed this truth to me …
A withered hand is not attractive … yet, unlike most (even the “best”) of us, God not only stands by (and close to) our right hand – Psalm 16:8 (VOICE), He holds our seemingly unattractive, weak hand!
Do NOT despise your weakness…God does NOT. On the contrary, He finds you very attractive because of it.
Be weak, be needy of God, be the need for Who He IS, be His type!💖
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The Shulamite (us):I know I am unworthy – so in need.
SOS 1:5, 6:4(TPT)
The Shepherd-KING (God):YET you are so lovely!
The Shulamite (us):I feel so dark and dry as the desert tents of the wandering nomads.
The Shepherd-KING (God):YET you are so lovely – like the fine linen tapestry hanging in the Holy Place.
The Shepherd-KING (God): O My beloved, you are lovely (even in your weakness). When I see you in your beauty, I see a radiant city where we will dwell as ONE.More pleasing than any pleasure, more delightful than any delight, you have ravished My heart, stealing away My strength to resist you.Even hosts of angels stand in awe of you.
Rivers in the Desert 
A masterpiece.
Thank God for His Grace, Truth and Goodness .
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