daily java

Daily Java: For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6)

There are times when we worry that we will not be able to understand the word of God. In fact, that is the excuse so many use for not going to church or being a Christian.  “I just can’t understand that stuff.”

And that is right. You can’t. as far as your power is concerned, it is all gobbledygook. You can read it all day and all night and maybe get some idea of something basic, but you will never understand it. At least, not without the power of God in your life.

God gives understanding. It can only come through him. The word of God is the word of the Almighty God, after all. It is his words and his thoughts ad his message. And he is God.

This is the same God who spoke light into existence, who created the world and all in it. There is no way our finite minds could ever understand the mind of God.

Unless, of course, he lets us. Unless he gives us understanding. It can only come through him.

The best thing is that he will give it to us. If we ask him, if we allow him into our hearts and lives, he will give us understanding. But it will be his light shining into our hearts to give us light of his knowledge of his glory of the face of Christ.

We cannot do it. We cannot understand it. We cannot figure out the mind of God by ourselves. But with his light shining out of darkness, we can and we will.

When we are in him, we understand. That sounds mystic and all, but, well, it is. The fact that there is no way to understand God except through God’s agency and gift of knowledge doesn’t make it a bad thing. It just means that you are granted entrance into the mind of God and into his knowledge when you ask him.

When we come into him, we see the light and the glory and the face of Christ. Praise the Lord.