Psalm 46: Reflections on the Nature of God

Part 2 

3. God Is Hidden
— The full truth of God is beyond our comprehension.

—  If we try to explain God by a specific event, situation or doctrine we are in essence “playing God” and end up distorting the truth.

— Truth:   No spiritual leader, Pastor, Priest, Monk, Rabbi, Imam or Spiritual Director has any special knowledge about God. 

GOD IS ALWAYS GREATER THAN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS !
Matt 4:16 (Isa 9:1-2)  The mystery of life revealed — To discover the personal God.
Discovering His Presence through A Perception of His Absence: The Cloud of Unknowing.

Psalm 22:1-5 In the Cloud” we meet God in the way He wants us to: beyond human knowing and beyond what we are presently.

4. God Is Looking For Us

He is:  The Good Shepherd leaving the 99 for the 1.

  • The woman who lights the lamp, sweep the house until the lost coin is found.
  • Abba — watching for us and patiently waiting for our return.

The question: 

  • Not — “How do I find God?” but “How can I best let myself be found by Him?”
  • Not, “Who is God for me?” but A quest for me to discover “Who God says I am to Him”
  • “When I cry ‘Abba’  I claim that I am a seeker of a deeper relationship with God and I will be found by Him !  — “PR

    Luke 15:9-10 (Passion) — Woman with the lost coin