Knowing God
It seems 'eternity' is ALL about getting to know God (i.e. John 17:3)...not knowing about God like you would study a subject but knowing God like you know your best friend, parents, brother or sister. I'm all for it...knowing God seems like a really good thing but for the tiny problem of God being spirit.God is spirit...and we must 'worship' (i.e. relate to) Him in spirit and truth. So...how does a person seemingly restrained by the five senses relate to a being beyond the five senses?
I'm beginning to understand it starts with knowing a few things about ourselves. For the most part we see ourselves as physical beings with a mind, will and emotions. Is that who we really are? Are we just the sum total of the following?
mind: The human consciousness that originates in the brain and is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination.
will: The mental faculty by which one deliberately chooses or decides upon a course of action:
emotions: A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes
emotions: A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling
body: The entire material or physical structure of an organism
Is this equation complete?
mind + will + emotions + body = a person?
What's missing?
If God is spirit and He created man in His own image, then mankind is spirit. If we are spirit, we can relate on a spiritual level or dimension to God (who is spirit).
It seems the above formula is rather a composition such as...
Man is spirit, who has a soul (mind, will & emotions) and lives (for now) in this container called a body.
We can relate to God because the core of who we are is the same as who He is...Spirit. It's going to take a while for me to start seeing myself as a spirit who has a soul and lives in this container called a body.
I think it helps to see ourselves and God occupying the same space too. Col 3:4 tells us Christ IS our life. 1 Cor 6:19 tells us our body is the temple of God...the implication is that God lives within us...not outside us or up in the sky somewhere. So maybe the beginning of this knowing God lies with our knowing where God is...and He's with us and within us...and He is us.
posted by Rick @ 6:15 AM
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