UNDERSTANDING--GOD

Today's blog was taken from one of my favorite devotional aides that my Mama Dixie bought for me. It's by the amazing Osmond Chambers; that's right, My Utmost for His Highest. Even the title is ministry in and of itself. But that is a whole 'nother blog in and of itself. Today we are talking about understanding God. That's kind of an oxymoron, isn't it, "understanding God." Yet again and again we attempt.

John 14:9 "Have I been so long time with you  and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip?
(Is this not a hurt-filled plea? Jesus was so passionate and emotional, I am finding as I get deeper and deeper into my Word...Aren't we all Philip? He is asking you, as long as we've been together, and yet you still don't know who I am? What have you been doing? Am I not important? On to the word...)

'Our Lord must be repeatedly astounded at us--astounded at how un-simple we are. It is opinions of our own which make us stupid; when we are simple we are never stupid, we discern (this means understand fully) all the time. Philip expected the revelation of a tremendous mystery, but not in the One Whom he knew. The mystery of God is not in what is going to be, it is now; we look for it presently, in some cataclysmic event. We have no reluctance in obeying Jesus, but it is probable that we are hurting Him by the questions we ask. "Lord, show us the Father." His answer comes straight back--"There He is, always here or nowhere." We look for God to manifest Himself to His children. God only manifests Himself in His children. Other people see the manifestation, the child of God does not. We want to be conscious of God; yet we cannot be conscious of our consciousness and remain sane. If we are asking God to give us experiences, or if conscious experience is in the road, we hurt the Lord. The very questions we ask hurt Jesus because they are not the questions of a child. (His child, who should know Him) "Let not your heart be troubled"--then am I hurting Jesus by allowing my heart to be troubled? If I believe the character of Jesus, am I living up to my belief? Am I allowing anything to perturb my heart, many morbid questions to come in? I have to get to the implicit relationship that takes everything as it comes from Him. God never guides presently, but always now. Realize that the Lord is here now, and the emacipation is complete.'

And thus we are freed!

~Dove Sister DeAnna~