Track #9: "MYSTERY"
I have always been a curious guy. I was the kid who got a toy for Christmas, and by New Year’s Day had it torn apart so I could see how it worked. Curiosity had at least something to do with why I left home at 13 to pursue a life of drug-induced mayhem that ended in total disaster. So imagine my curiosity when I was encountered by Christ! Here was this God who created romance and planets and music and He was introducing himself to me so that I could get to know Him better! Since that day, I have never stopped wanting to know more about God.
At first, I thought it might be possible to become an “expert” on God, as if He were a sports team or rock band or video game. But think about it: a god who was totally understandable really wouldn’t be a god worth serving. God’s ways will always be higher than our ways, and His thoughts will always be higher than our thoughts because that is the way He designed it.
So should we give up searching? After all, science, logic, and philosophy cannot tell us much about God. The answer is so simple: an infinitely unknowable God has to REVEAL Himself to us! In his letter to the Christians at Colossae, Pastor Paul shows us three clear ways we can dig into the mystery of God: through His Word, through His Saints, and through His Son.
"I have become its [the Gospel’s] servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the Word of God in its fullness- the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory." Colossians 1:25 - 27
God’s Word is contained in the 66 books of the Bible, a “God-breathed” account of “His-Story” from the beginning of time to the beginning of eternity. Spend time in Scripture and you will discover not only a loving Heavenly Father, but also the Lover of your soul.
God’s Saints are not fluffy-winged angels sitting on clouds playing harps. Rather, the “saints” are those whose lives have been “saint-tified” by his love and mercy. All believers are “saints,” and we meet together as the Church—the Body of Christ—to worship Him and serve one another.
God’s Son is the very embodiment of His glory, grace, and love. Jesus told His disciples that if they had seen Him, then they had seen His Father as well. We discover so much about God as we read about Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—the New Testament Gospels. And Christ reveals His character in us through His Holy Spirit who indwells and empowers us. God wants you to know Him more! Do you feel the same way about Him? Ask and you will receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened. Dig and you will go deeper!
Today’s prayer: God, I pray that you would give me an insatiable passion for Your presence. Your dimensions never end, and I want to experience everything You are. Help me out of the pit of complacency and into the depths of Your heart. Speak to me, show me Your mysteries, and I will listen. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.
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