Our Inability to Comprehend God.

Have you ever thought about the uncertainties in life? I mean really. Have you REALLY pondered why there are so many things that are just beyond our grasp? It seems like every time we find an answer to something we are instantly faced with a million more questions.

How does this relate to our understanding of God?

What do we really know about Him?

I fully believe that we will never know all of who God is. I don't even think we'll ever be able to even fully understand any single aspect or attribute of God. For many such knowledge of our inability to know God can be quite disheartening. Think about it. We are called to seek after and learn about a God who we will never fully (or even mostly) understand. That's a lot to swallow. We learn with the expectation of mastering the subject of our learning. To most this would make the study of God a futile journey.

For some reason, I actually am motivated by the fact that I'll never be able to fully understand God. My inability to nail Him down drives me to study Him more. The more I learn about God the less I realize I know about Him. He constantly amazes me. His greatness is astounding. I can't help but worship Him when my eyes see a God who is far bigger than anything I could ever dream of. I am so small and He is so great.

I think we've forgotten God's holiness. By this I don't believe that we have completely discounted His holiness, but we emphasize His personal aspects so much that we bring Him down to our level, thus de-emphasizing His holiness. The more we learn of Him the greater He becomes in our eyes. We can never become discouraged in our study of God. Our inability to know Him should cause us to fall to our knees in worship.

Let's see God for who He is.

"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable." - Psalm 145:3