Vulnerability

In Genesis 2, we meet a God who is deeply personal. Unlike the first creation account, where God speaks the world into being, here He forms humanity with His hands and breathes life into us—an image of closeness and tenderness. Then God places in the garden the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, giving Adam and Eve freedom to choose. In doing so, the all-powerful God makes Himself vulnerable to rejection.

None of us likes rejection. We long to be loved and safe, so we hide our weaknesses and seek control. Yet God chooses a different way—one of openness, risk, and love. True love always involves vulnerability.

Jesus embodies this perfectly. He comes not as a powerful ruler but as a helpless baby, and at the end of his life, he is betrayed and abandoned. Still, through that vulnerability, new life and creation emerge.

What if this is what the church is meant to be—a community where we can be honest, real, and open with one another? When we share our fears and weaknesses in love, God creates something sacred and new. Jesus promised to be with us always, not to remove vulnerability, but to help us face it without fear—trusting that his love will hold us through it.

Pastor Tae Park