The heavens declare Thy glory, Lord,
In every star Thy wisdom shines;
But when our eyes behold Thy Word,
We read Thy name in fairer lines.
Isaac Watts
Recently I began reading a book by A.W. Tozer entitled The Knowledge of the Holy (published by HarperCollins). Because of the depth of knowledge that Tozer shares, I'm only on page twenty-six. I guess it's taking time for me to digest what he is saying about our Lord.
Even though I've been a child of God since I was seven years old, and I honestly have seen His fingerprints all over my life through times of testing and trials, and although I've learned lessons from those circumstances, I've come to realize that I have formed an "idea" of who God is. However, this very idea or conception of God in my mind is far beneath the Majesty and Authority of the true God. In essence what I had conceived God to be had become a intellectually-formed idol. Truly. I know this is deep. I hope I've not lost anyone.
God is indescribable. Uncontainable. Unfathomable. Mysterious. Holy. Love. Glorious. Unlike any other. Since He is unlike any other, there is no way I can truly form an idea of Who He is, or "what He is like" without deep study and humble prayer. He has revealed many attributes of Himself through His Word, and only as His Holy Spirit self-discloses these to me will I ever begin to attain the knowledge of the Holy.
