“For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, “declares the Lord. “As
the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and
my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Have we
lost our awareness of the majesty of God?
Some
people acknowledge the existence of God, but disagree with His management style,
so they are not interested in knowing Him. But that approach is intellectually flawed.
If you are
convinced there is no God, then defend that position. But, to say that God
exist and that you disagree with His actions, is a little like a hamster
arguing against Einstein’s theory of relativity. You cannot argue what you do
not have the capacity to comprehend.
If you
have admitted there is a God that created you. You cannot demand He appear
before you, so you can deliver judgement on His conduct. It is logically inconsistent to believe that
the created, can judge the Creator.
God does exist…
and He has made sure that in our hearts we all know that to be true. (Romans
1:19). What we seem to have forgotten is
that His complexity, supremacy, and intellect are beyond our wildest
imaginations.
Our apathy
towards God is a product of us trying to make Him into our image. We water down His greatness until we end up
with a god not worthy of our devotion. Perhaps we don’t want to serve God
because we have completely missed who and what He is…. Maybe for our comfort,
we have defined Him in such a way that we can put Him in a convenient box.
The fact
that we do not endorse what God does is not an inditement of His character, but
of our capacity to understand Him.
Spend some
time today striving to comprehend the actual God of the bible. You will
only have the ability to understand a fraction of His glory. You will only be
capable of seeing a glimpse.… but if you see it…that glimpse will be enough to
change you forever.
“If you can’t see the sun you will be impressed with a
street light. … And if you turn your back on the greatness and majesty of God
you’ll fall in love with a world of shadows and short-lived pleasures.”
John Piper
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