The Quest for Knowledge of One's God (30.6.14)

“The quest for knowledge of one’s God is often superficial,

                                                                is often filled with unbelief,

                                                                is often to placate.

The quest for knowledge of one’s God is often shallow in its search,

                                                               is often deigned to ignore the evidence encountered,

                                                               is often presupposed to fail in the presence of pride. 

The quest for knowledge of one’s God requires a defining of intent,

                                                                            a defining of the God so sought,

                                                                            a defining of the reality of spiritual existence,

                                                                            a defining of the reality of mortal existence,

                                                                            a defining of the cultural identity in which the God is sought.

The quest for knowledge of one’s God includes a search for a God in the history of a culture:

                                                        for any interaction with a living God;

                                                        for any interaction with a God recorded functioning within the life of man;

                                                        for any interaction with a two-way relationship of understanding mixed with purpose;

                                                        for any interaction with a God of love.

The quest for knowledge of one’s God should test and query the finding of a God,

                                                               should test the circumstances of the finding,

                                                               should test the acceptability of the God as found,

                                                               should test the history of any divine relationship of record,

                                                               should test the effects of knowing and of committing to the God.

The quest for knowledge of one’s God should examine what the impartations of that God bring to the life of man,

                          should evaluate whether the God so found fulfils a being worthy of regarding as a God,

                                                                                                     worthy of affecting the destiny of man,

                                                                                                     worthy of being attentive to the needs of man,

                                                                                                     worthy of being worshipped as the God of life.

The quest for knowledge of one’s God becomes easier by the day,

                                                                              easier as communications encircle the earth,

                                                                              easier as history succumbs to sorting so to reveal,

                                                                              easier as the multitudes of man select with wisdom and with knowledge,

                                                                              easier as the heralds run to testify,

                                                                              easier as grace establishes The Loving Living God of all creation,

                                                              easier as faith proclaims the miracles and the wonders accompanying the gifts of God.

The quest for knowledge of one’s God is carried on the waves of truth:

                                                                               on the waves of revival;

                                                                               on the waves emanating from the heavens;

                                                                               on the waves which wrought the curtain;

                                                                               on the waves which bore The Son up from the grave of man;

                                                                               on the waves of light which dissipate the darkness bequeathed by man to man;

                                                                               on the waves of preparation for the coming for The Bride.

The quest for knowledge of one’s God does not beg a question without an answer;

                                                               does not pose a conundrum unanswerable by man;

                                                               does not create an enigma without rhyme nor reason;

                                                               does not generate a placebo for the foolish;

                                                               does not bring forth a posturing which cannot be sustained;

                                                               does not expose the spirit and the soul to empty promises based on an empty faith.

The quest for knowledge of one’s God forms a relationship of trust;

                                                                         a relationship of evidence sustained;

                                                                         a relationship verifying the commitment of the martyrs within recorded history;

                                                                         a relationship of growth;

                                                                         a relationship of transforming righteousness;

                                                                         a relationship of reverent fear.

The quest for knowledge of one’s God resolves the search for purpose in one’s life;

                                                               resolves the need for governing morality away above the ethics of man;

                                                               resolves the functioning of the family of God;

                                                               resolves the onset of unity spreading within the fellowship of God;

                                                               resolves the prophetic words of history;

                                                               resolves the prophetic words as founded on the end-time linkages of God.

The quest for knowledge of one’s God is present in every heart where the seed of faith resides.”