How
difficult is it to understand our significant other or children? It’s
almost impossible, but we keep trying. How then can mortal, finite people
understand the God of creation who has all knowledge and power? We
can’t! It’s literally impossible! Our infinitesimal, miniscule degree of
knowledge and limited intelligence, even with the highest I.Q., cannot begin to
understand God’s omnipotence and supremacy.
(Job 36:26) “Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; nor can the number of His years be discovered.”
God has no beginning; He has always been. God was not created, because He is the creator of all things. So how can the created understand the creator? As I ponder this question, I recognize the harder I think about the origin of God my mind begins to stumble and stagger as if I were intoxicated. My intellect does funny things when trying to visualize God having a beginning, yet knowing He has no beginning at all. How can any mortal understand this?
(John 4:24), “God is Spirit: and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
(1 Corinthians 2:14), “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
Since God is eternal and He is spirit, the natural mind cannot comprehend spiritual things. No wonder my mind goes fuzzy when trying to understand God. God says, “I AM THAT I AM.” He is and always was. We must in some way switch from natural thinking to the spiritual realm, because the things of God must be spiritually discerned. This can only be done with the help of the Holy Spirit.
People cannot understand their own immediate world of challenges let alone the God who created the world and everything in it. Most people fall apart when times of calamity and heartache befall them. They don’t understand the whys behind the things that are buffeting them, but God knows and understands. He makes it to rain on the just and unjust alike and the sun to rise on good and evil.
(Matthew 5:44-45), “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,” v.45 “that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”
Verse 45 gives me insight regarding life. As long as I am in this world, things are going to happen to me and my loved ones just as they happen to the guy next door and the person down the street. Just because I am a Christian does not exempt me from trouble. It is how I handle trouble that speaks loudest to those around me.
As the Holy Spirit under-girds God’s children and strengthens them in the hard times, others see the peace that He gives and they too want it. I may not understand God and His ways, but I do know in whom I believe.
(Romans 8:38-39), “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,” v.39 “nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
This is the hope of all Christians. This knowledge brings peace to their troubled soul when the storm clouds are billowing. We don’t have to understand why things come our way, only that God is in control.
The peace of God is very difficult to understand with the finite mind. So when trials and tribulations bring confusion, we can know that the quagmires we may find ourselves in are learning experiences that draw us closer to God the Father.
The things we should try to understand and learn more about are found in (1 Samuel 15:22). King Saul transgressed the commandment of the Lord and gave excuses to the prophet Samuel why obedience is better than sacrifice. Because of his disobedience to God, the Lord rejected him from being king overIsrael
People think God wants sacrifice, but He just wants us. There is no need for any person on earth to sacrifice happiness, health or their soul, when they can obey the statutes of God and live. Though we may not understand the workings of the Holy Spirit, we can obey God’s Word. When we obey God and seek His will in our life, He brings good out of every situation, though circumstances appear to the contrary.
We need not understand God, but we do need to accept his son Jesus as Lord and then reap the benefits of an awesome Heavenly Father. His mercy and grace will be manifested and extended to all that believe upon the Lord and receive Jesus by faith. What better way to understand God than to turn from our wicked ways and acknowledge Jesus as our Savior? We become joint-heirs with Him when we do.
God makes Himself available to those that turn their lives over to Him. God is caring and compassionate who speaks peace when the tempest is raging. He doesn’t expect us to understand how it is that we have peace; He only wants us to love and obey Him; thus, peace prevails.
(John 14:21), “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
(1 John 1:7-10), “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” vs.8 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” v.9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” v.10 “If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and his word is not in us.”
These verses say it all. God gives us the understanding of them. What more do we need to know? Understanding God begins by confessing our sins to Him.
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(Job 36:26) “Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; nor can the number of His years be discovered.”
God has no beginning; He has always been. God was not created, because He is the creator of all things. So how can the created understand the creator? As I ponder this question, I recognize the harder I think about the origin of God my mind begins to stumble and stagger as if I were intoxicated. My intellect does funny things when trying to visualize God having a beginning, yet knowing He has no beginning at all. How can any mortal understand this?
(John 4:24), “God is Spirit: and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
(1 Corinthians 2:14), “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
Since God is eternal and He is spirit, the natural mind cannot comprehend spiritual things. No wonder my mind goes fuzzy when trying to understand God. God says, “I AM THAT I AM.” He is and always was. We must in some way switch from natural thinking to the spiritual realm, because the things of God must be spiritually discerned. This can only be done with the help of the Holy Spirit.
People cannot understand their own immediate world of challenges let alone the God who created the world and everything in it. Most people fall apart when times of calamity and heartache befall them. They don’t understand the whys behind the things that are buffeting them, but God knows and understands. He makes it to rain on the just and unjust alike and the sun to rise on good and evil.
(Matthew 5:44-45), “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,” v.45 “that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”
Verse 45 gives me insight regarding life. As long as I am in this world, things are going to happen to me and my loved ones just as they happen to the guy next door and the person down the street. Just because I am a Christian does not exempt me from trouble. It is how I handle trouble that speaks loudest to those around me.
As the Holy Spirit under-girds God’s children and strengthens them in the hard times, others see the peace that He gives and they too want it. I may not understand God and His ways, but I do know in whom I believe.
(Romans 8:38-39), “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,” v.39 “nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
This is the hope of all Christians. This knowledge brings peace to their troubled soul when the storm clouds are billowing. We don’t have to understand why things come our way, only that God is in control.
The peace of God is very difficult to understand with the finite mind. So when trials and tribulations bring confusion, we can know that the quagmires we may find ourselves in are learning experiences that draw us closer to God the Father.
The things we should try to understand and learn more about are found in (1 Samuel 15:22). King Saul transgressed the commandment of the Lord and gave excuses to the prophet Samuel why obedience is better than sacrifice. Because of his disobedience to God, the Lord rejected him from being king over
People think God wants sacrifice, but He just wants us. There is no need for any person on earth to sacrifice happiness, health or their soul, when they can obey the statutes of God and live. Though we may not understand the workings of the Holy Spirit, we can obey God’s Word. When we obey God and seek His will in our life, He brings good out of every situation, though circumstances appear to the contrary.
We need not understand God, but we do need to accept his son Jesus as Lord and then reap the benefits of an awesome Heavenly Father. His mercy and grace will be manifested and extended to all that believe upon the Lord and receive Jesus by faith. What better way to understand God than to turn from our wicked ways and acknowledge Jesus as our Savior? We become joint-heirs with Him when we do.
God makes Himself available to those that turn their lives over to Him. God is caring and compassionate who speaks peace when the tempest is raging. He doesn’t expect us to understand how it is that we have peace; He only wants us to love and obey Him; thus, peace prevails.
(John 14:21), “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
(1 John 1:7-10), “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” vs.8 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” v.9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” v.10 “If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and his word is not in us.”
These verses say it all. God gives us the understanding of them. What more do we need to know? Understanding God begins by confessing our sins to Him.
Written by,
Papa Boyd
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