Thoughts for another day

June 7, 2013.

Today's verse: Romans 11:33. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

A question: Have you known God; if you have what do you think of Him? 

Were I faced with this question, I’d say, yeah, I’ve known God and He is, Holy, Almighty, Awesome and in every way Eternal and Omniscient, etc.  But when I think further, I realise, this could be something anyone could say of God.  This much is known by everybody and anybody could give this answer isn’t it?  But it’s nowhere near to what a man who knows Him will answer.  Well, I feel bad I thought of what God is like and answered; and then got the reply that it’s anybody’s answer!  But isn’t it correct, isn’t that an answer anyone could give? 

I think – is there an answer that makes sense to me of God, an answer that could pertain only to me and be mine alone.  Is there an experience or a touch I could speak of and say, ‘Hey, that’s the experience of a lifetime?’  Paul had one on the way to Tarsus and what a change that brought in him; is there something similar I can talk of?  Perhaps, I could, but then I need to be dwelling under the shadow of His wings.  Of course He is Sovereign and He may not answer and sometimes, He answers without anyone asking Him as He did, Paul.  Be that as it may, the best position I could be in, to know Him atleast a little is to be kneeling or prostrating before Him, abandoning myself and caring not even a pittance what the world thinks of me.

Then God reveals Himself: He touches and suddenly I realise how big He is.  O the depth of the riches both of His wisdom and knowledge; yea knowledge of Him who is all in all.  Then when I feel I’ve been able to know God, my mind gets into disarray and I realise I know nothing of Him.  I think I know a lot, but of the One Who is so infinite, I may think I know one thing; and suddenly a thousand crop up which I don’t know!  Slowly I realise that to know God isn’t to know His breadth, depth, etc. but His love and His holiness and in this knowledge, make myself, pleasing to Him.