In 1st century Athens, a city that pioneered philosophy, the arts, and technology, a people who introduced a new form of modern government called democracy, and established a legacy in architecture and sculpting, there remained one area that they admittedly remained novice. Surrounded by great achievements and the ideological hope that they had truly made life better for generations to come, they were haunted by a confused picture of who the true God was.
The Athenians were not atheist who disbelieved in God altogether, nor were they deist who believed in a creator who had vanished after creation. They believed in God, they just didn’t know who God was. They even went so far as to build an altar on which was inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God’.
I’m not sure what your perception of God is, but mine is summed up in 7 words recorded by an ancient king named David. “He parted the heavens and came down.” I not only take comfort in those words, those words describe who I see God as. His desire is to part the divide between heaven and earth, and come down to reveal himself to mankind.
Paul summed it up for the Athenians by stating, “In him we live, we move and have our being…for we are His offspring.” Our prayer is that individuals and families in the Westport area would (re)discover their unknown creator. That they would have a personal encounter with a Savior who parted the heavens to have a relationship with them.
Read Acts 17: 24-28
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