The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe…
"The Getting"
"With all thy getting, get understanding" declared Solomon (Proverbs 4:7).
But as you do, realize how little you actually get, suggested the Apostle Paul: "If any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know" (I Corinthians 8:2).
After a half century of reading and pondering the Scriptures, I grow more and more convinced of "nothing yet as I ought to know." The primary reason for this does not involve my reading and response to God's Word (although I acknowledge far too much wasted time and opportunity). The real issue involves the being, nature, character, and way of God. All our "getting" involves the quest to know His infinite, eternal wonder, a quest that will never end in both time and eternity. Regarding the latter, we will certainly know more in our Heavenly life than we do now. What will we most understand? How little we know. By definition, the comprehension of a being such as the living and true God will forever thrill us with new discoveries and enhanced awareness of glories already known. The more we know, the more we will realize how much more there is to know. "His greatness is unsearchable" (Psalm 145:3).
Consider perhaps the simplest statement in Scripture: "there is one God" (I Timothy 2:5). Do we consider ourselves to have full knowledge and understanding of this primary reality? Hopefully, not. Will we fully know the meaning when we enter God's direct presence? Most assuredly, not. Indeed, when Isaiah saw the Lord high and lifted up, he declared himself to be "undone" rather than done (Isiah 6:1;5). It could not have been otherwise, nor will we find ourselves fully enlightened when we see the Lord Jesus Christ in His glory. Certainly, we will know more than we knew. Such knowledge, however, will profoundly humble us, even as it thrills us that forever will not suffice in fully revealing the glory of our God. "Undone" indeed!
Today offers the possibility to "grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (II Peter 3:18). Let us ask our Heavenly Father for such progress, and for His leading and enabling to avail ourselves of the gifts He has given for our growth. The Spirit of God, the Word of God, the church of God, the creation of God, the providence of God, the personal presence of God, and the desire of God to further our knowledge and understanding unite to fulfill the Psalmist's request: "Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me, for Thou art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I wait all the day" (Psalm 25:5). Let us not miss this, the opportunity of a lifetime and of this day to ask, to avail, and to be amazed by the God who now and forever beckons us to the "getting" for which He made us….
"Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."
(Jeremiah 33:3)
Weekly Memory Verse
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock.
(Matthew 7:24)
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