“I will give them a heart to know Me,
that I Am the Lord, they will be My people, and I will be their God.”
Jeremiah 24:7
Can a human get ever so close to the
Almighty that he can, even in a small measure, understand the heart of God?
There are barriers which stand
between us and a knowledge of God’s heart? The first is that we don’t know God.
We were made in His image. We cannot understand the heart of God until we first
understand that man’s heart has been darkened by his rebellious against Him. In
the days of Noah, “The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had
become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
all the time. The Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His
heart was filled with pain,” (Genesis 6:5-6)
A second barrier is to overcome our
self pre-occupation. God said, “You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me
with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13). We must focus upon Him, strive to see
life from His perspective, and understand how different His view is of our
lives and problems.
The third barrier is our ignorance of
the nature and character of God. The Prophet Hosea wrote, “My people are
destroyed from lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). His lament is far more
descriptive of our generation than any one in recent years.
There is another barrier which must
be crossed. It is our lack of knowledge of His written Word, and the Incarnate
Word, Jesus Christ. A relationship with Jesus Christ requires an understanding
of God’s Word, the Bible.
Can we really know the heart of God?
Indeed we can. Knowing the heart of God brings all of life into focus, and the
path of discovery is the way of life itself.
No comments:
Post a Comment