Most people profess a desire to know God - to experience God. Some seek to fulfill this desire by gazing deep within themselves, striving to find any 'divine spark' that may reside within them. Others shun that approach, and instead search for God outside of themselves. They look up through a telescope, or down through a microscope, hoping to find God in the extremes of scale and complexity that are offered by the universe around us. But no matter which approach is used, people undertake these quests for really just one reason: they are not satisfied with the way things are. They desire to know God, because they do not know God. They desire to experience God, because there is an unfulfilled longing in the center of their being that only God can satisfy. It is indeed a fact that God's word presses us to look deep within ourselves. Not so that we would somehow see God inside of us - but instead, so that we would see the lack of God inside of us. God has a deep, deep purpose in showing us the truth of who and what we are. And it is indeed a fact that God's word presses us to look far down the microscope, and far up the telescope at the wonders of His creation. Not so that we will somehow be able to make contact with God at His own level, but so that we will see the reality, and the power, and the certainty of His existence. God has a deep, deep purpose in showing us the truth of who and what He is. God wants to show us that between who and what He is, and who and what we are - exists a chasm that we ourselves cannot bridge. God wants to show us that He has already done for us what we cannot do for ourselves: He has personally built a bridge across that chasm that can be traveled by any and all that will simply take Him at His word, and trust Him. Please listen along as we consider this most important question: How can one know God?

[ 28 Mar 2009 19:46:19 GMT ]

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