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Breaking the Silence on a Vulnerable God

A Voice in the Wilderness – Episode 6: A Vulnerable God

There’s a silence beneath our faith—

not loud, but shaping everything we believe.
A silence around one question:
Does God truly feel?

We speak of His power and holiness,
but rarely His tenderness.
Somewhere we learned to equate strength with distance
and vulnerability with weakness.

But what if God’s greatest strength
is His willingness to be close?
Because love that cannot be wounded cannot truly connect.

The God Who Feels

Many of us grew up with a powerful but untouchable God.
We heard of His greatness, not His gentleness.
His glory, not His grief.
And quietly, we assumed:
“God doesn’t feel the way we feel.”Yet Scripture reveals the opposite:

“The LORD was grieved… His heart was filled with pain.” – Genesis 6:6
“My heart churns within Me.” – Hosea 11:8
“In all their affliction, He was afflicted.” – Isaiah 63:9

This is not metaphor—this is revelation.
A God whose heart aches, hopes, and feels.

A Father’s Heart

A father once told me through tears about his runaway daughter:
“I’d rather she scream at me than stay silent.
Silence means she doesn’t trust me anymore.”

He wasn’t weak—he was loving.
Because real love is always vulnerable.
You cannot love and stay untouched by pain.

The Cross: God Without Armour

Some think God only became vulnerable when Jesus became human.
But Jesus said, “If you’ve seen Me, you’ve seen the Father.”

Everything tender and compassionate in Jesus
was already true of the Father.

The Cross wasn’t a transaction—it was exposure.
It was love without armour—
the heart of God uncovered for all to see.

What It Means for You

If God is vulnerable, then you can be honest.

He doesn’t withdraw when you fail.
He doesn’t retreat when you doubt.
He stays open—always reaching, always hoping.

A vulnerable God is safe enough
for your real self—no masks, no performance.

Just you… and Him.

Come Home

Maybe you’ve believed God was too holy to feel your pain.
But what if He’s been grieving with you all along?

This is the God who lets His heart break
so yours can heal.
Who opens Himself to rejection
just for the chance to hold you again.

A vulnerable God is a God worth coming home to.