The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe
"Amen!"
"Amen!"
The gentleman's enthusiastic response surprised me in a service recently. He had never spoken before, but seemed especially taken by a statement I made:
"The longer we walk with the Lord, the more we know that we don't know."
I am not sure why this elicited the response I mentioned. I do know that I "Amen!" the man's "Amen!" in the realization of how meager is the measure of knowing God and His truth that resides in even the most diligently faithful among us. The Apostle Paul stated the matter plainly…
"And if any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know" (I Corinthians 8:2).
Paul declares that every believer ought to know more than he does. We have all missed opportunities to journey further into the light of God than we could have. Whether it be consideration of His Word, or neglect of prayer, or failure to appreciate the light that shines in fellow believers, or missing the Lord's presence and working along the pathways of providence, every Christian falls into the category of "nothing yet as he ought to know." This must lead to repentance for failures to open our eyes to the Light that ever shines upon and within us. Yes, we could all know more, and we could all know better.
Such neglect notwithstanding, another and greater reason exists for our need to know more…
"His greatness is unsearchable" (Psalm 145:3).
Were it possible for any believer to fully avail Himself of knowing God and His truth in this present lifetime, the journey into His infinite glory would beckon, "Come further, dive deeper, fly higher!" Our ignorance stems even more from God's unsearchable greatness than from our failure to avail ourselves as completely as we should. Indeed, by definition, an infinite, eternal being such as the Lord of Scripture can never be fully known, or His truth fully understood. This should thrill our hearts in the realization that indescribable wonder awaits us forevermore in the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Regardless of how far we have ventured into His unsearchable greatness, the journey has just begun. "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (II Peter 3:18).
I will always remember the gentleman's "Amen!" I hope it motivates me to remember that we ought to know more and we can know more as God's mercy allows us all to arise from neglect to journey further into His heart, His truth, His presence, and His promise of eternal discovery. "Further, deeper, higher." The Spirit of God beckons to us all this moment, as He will forevermore, and as we remember that no matter how far we venture into our Lord's light, infinitely more glory awaits. As one wisely said, "Amen!"
"Oh how great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee before the sons of men!"
(Psalm 31:19)
Weekly Memory Verse
Oh how great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which Thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee before the sons of men!
(Psalm 31:19)
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