We feel the breeze, but have never seen the wind,..
We feel in the stream, but know not where the river begins,...
We see His works, yet do not know His ways,..
We praise a God, in the image we have made.
Do we we praise a God in the image we have made? I remember sitting in church writing these few lines, but i can't remember exactly what inspired me to put these words on paper. Yesterday as i was hiking, i was asking the question, what does it mean to 'know God'? I thought of the preacher asking 'Do you really know Jesus? Do I?
Yesterday, Sunday was a day of worship. Many of us worship in different ways, and in different church enviroments. I don't want to suggest one form of worship is better than another, only God really knows and can see the worship of our heart. Seeing God's handywork in nature today, i was in awe of what He has created. As continued walking, i wondered 'do i really know the creator of all i'm in awe of? Am i worshiping God for who He is to me, perhaps looking at what He has created or given me? Is my picture or vision of Him full and complete or do i just see a glimps, a hazy destorted view of who He really is? Maybe like Paul suggest in I Cor 13:12 'For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face' now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And since we haven't seen clearly, have we in our own destorted view created an image of God we worship?
I no longer hesitate to admit i know very little of God, though my journey with Him has lasted decades. In my younger years i felt my image of God was fairly clear. Today i probably know more about God than i did then, yet i acknowledge i know just a fraction of who He really is. There's certainly much more i don't know about God, than i know, and this will remain true this side of eternity. Something to think about next time you worship Him.
So the next time someone asks 'Do you know God?' I think i'll reply 'I'm just starting to get to know Him...'
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