May 21, 2018

KNOWING GOD

Sirach 18:4-6

Who will measure His majestic power with a number,
And who will add to this measure
While describing His mercies?
There is no one who can add or subtract,
And there is no who can search out the wonders of the Lord.
When a man completes his search, then he starts over;
And when he stops, he will still be perplexed.

Personal Challenge

It is so easy to get caught up in the pursuit of knowledge about God. We truly are a gnostic form of society today. For many, knowledge is power. For many, their identity is found in their knowledge, or the number of acronyms behind their name. However, knowing God is so much different than all of this. God does not want us to know about Him. He wants us to know Him. That is what all of the wisdom writings of the Old Testament teach. Wisdom is personified in Jesus. To know wisdom we must know Jesus. To know Jesus is to know God. The challenge for us finite and limited human beings is that the more we think we know God the more we realize that we do not know Him. His greatness is beyond all that we could ever comprehend and yet He tells us that He dwells within us. The mind is certainly blown apart when it tries to know God. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner!