Brad Edwards

Knowing God

The practice of Christianity is KNOWING.

Believing is only a stepping stone along the way.

The end to our current path, our destination, is one of KNOWING.

Knowing God. Knowing truth.

When I say truth, I mean far more than facts. Knowing transcends facts. Knowing is the pinnacle of transformative truth.

Knowing is when you have arrived at that timeless place of connection with God.

This is the truth that sets you free.

This knowing applies to all issues in life. The pursuit of knowing truth, in this transcendent way, is always a path to God. Perhaps not the same part of truth that I know, but the same truth nevertheless.

When you come to know this truth, you may fail to recognize it as God, due to your preconceived notions about how He might appear once you see Him. However, though you may not recognize Him as God, you will recognize this truth as your god.

You’ve heard so many stories about God and from these stories and from your own dreams, you have concocted a picture that may not resemble the true God in the slightest.

The Bible says that it is satisfactory for the perfecting of man. However, nothing outside the grace of God can perfect a man. Not even the Bible itself.

The Bible is not exhaustive regarding everything. It is fairly narrow in its scope. Therefore, man cannot be made fully perfect by reading a book which does not cover everything in full.

However, man can know God by following the truth of the scripture. This is the type of “perfecting” that the Bible is referring to. That said, a man cannot know the truth about everything by following the Bible.

The Bible may not be exhaustive, but God is.

Can a man study animals and, in so doing, find God? Yes, but he may not recognize Him as God. This man, having devoted his life to passionately knowing the truth about animals — finally arrives at that place of knowing and transcends mere facts and beliefs. His knowing may simply arrive from having established a personal bond with an animal (or it may be something else), but the point is this: he finds a part of God in the moment that he finds truth.

Don’t misunderstand. This is not to be construed as an arrogant kind of knowing. If your knowing is arrogant, you likely have not arrived, because the path to knowing is a humbling one. You cannot be arrogant once you’ve arrived.

You only regain it should you ever leave.

March 10, 2010  Leave a comment