Approaching a Holy God
14/01/07 21:27
The Bible
states that God dwells in a light unapproachable.
David asked, “Who may ascend the hill of the
Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? With these
questions alone and the declaration of God’s
unapproachable light, we stand befuddled to even
think that we will be helped in our time of need.
Does this Sovereign Potentate, Governor of the
universe, take time to know and care for my need?
Does He who transcends all things natural that even
the heavens cannot contain Him, take the time to
single me out in the midst of the whole scheme of
things? The answer is a resounding,
“Yes!”
The Russian proverb, of not being able to see the forest for the trees, seems to fit so well here. So many people miss God when He has been right in front of them the whole time. They look for the supernatural and the miraculous. They want to see the water turned to wine. They want God to do the spectacular for them like He did for the Israelites in the Exodus. But even though they saw the mighty hand of God through miracle after miracle, they still would not listen to God’s message. They heard the same gospel but did not combine it with faith. Therefore, they turned away when trials came, they followed after the allurements of the nations and they trusted in themselves rather than God. Someone once said, “Seeing is believing.” Since I have become a Christian I can tell you that just the opposite is true. “Believing first is the only thing that will open our eyes so that we can really see.” Listen to the words of St. Anselm Archbishop of Canterbury. “I long to understand to some degree your truth, which my heart believes and loves. For I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but I believe in order that I may understand.” Sometimes I think that there are too many obstacles in the way of seeing Him who is invisible. Just this last Thursday I took the truck to Zanesville while Robin took the car to run errands in town here. While we were both out and about, we both nearly ran into parked cars! Believe it or not, or think what you want, I believe that God was watching over us that enabled us both to escape the irritating consequences of these kind of fender benders. Or, worse yet, a serious injury. Who knows what could have happened? What I do know is that God was there and He was watching over the both of us. Maybe someone would say, “That was just a close call and quick thinking on both your parts.” First I would smile, because I would know that that person doesn’t know Robin or me –we’re not real quick like that. Then, I would wonder if that person also has trouble seeing the forest. If we fail to see God in the simple things in life will we have the ability to see Him in His glory? If we fail to hear His instruction, will we fail to hear Him call us up to meet Him in the air? Remember that Moses persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
The Russian proverb, of not being able to see the forest for the trees, seems to fit so well here. So many people miss God when He has been right in front of them the whole time. They look for the supernatural and the miraculous. They want to see the water turned to wine. They want God to do the spectacular for them like He did for the Israelites in the Exodus. But even though they saw the mighty hand of God through miracle after miracle, they still would not listen to God’s message. They heard the same gospel but did not combine it with faith. Therefore, they turned away when trials came, they followed after the allurements of the nations and they trusted in themselves rather than God. Someone once said, “Seeing is believing.” Since I have become a Christian I can tell you that just the opposite is true. “Believing first is the only thing that will open our eyes so that we can really see.” Listen to the words of St. Anselm Archbishop of Canterbury. “I long to understand to some degree your truth, which my heart believes and loves. For I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but I believe in order that I may understand.” Sometimes I think that there are too many obstacles in the way of seeing Him who is invisible. Just this last Thursday I took the truck to Zanesville while Robin took the car to run errands in town here. While we were both out and about, we both nearly ran into parked cars! Believe it or not, or think what you want, I believe that God was watching over us that enabled us both to escape the irritating consequences of these kind of fender benders. Or, worse yet, a serious injury. Who knows what could have happened? What I do know is that God was there and He was watching over the both of us. Maybe someone would say, “That was just a close call and quick thinking on both your parts.” First I would smile, because I would know that that person doesn’t know Robin or me –we’re not real quick like that. Then, I would wonder if that person also has trouble seeing the forest. If we fail to see God in the simple things in life will we have the ability to see Him in His glory? If we fail to hear His instruction, will we fail to hear Him call us up to meet Him in the air? Remember that Moses persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
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