Contemplative Bible Reading

Job 36:26 (New Living Translation)

Look, God is greater than we can understand.

We find this statement in one of the more contemplative (hi)stories in the Bible.

God is great. God is so great, we cannot understand God. We cannot truly know God, because God is just…well, God.

There are days when I wonder in amazement.

There are days when I hate this!

I want to understand. I want to…well, I want to be equal to God. Actually, I want to know all there is to know about God so that I will be greater than God. How silly and childish can I be? (Don’t answer that. The answer is pretty darn silly and pretty darn childish.)

This statement—God is beyond our understanding—comes in the middle of a long discussion among some pretty smart fellas. Their pretty smart conclusion is that even though they are pretty smart, they aren’t even close. And I am not even close.

Perhaps I should concentrate my understanding on the simpler encouragements God has given me: love my spouse, love my children, love my neighbors, be thankful. Please God, help my in my unbelief.