I imagine a circle - one gigantic circle, big enough to represent all that God knows. All of it. Then I imagine another, much smaller circle. This one represents all the knowledge that mankind has amassed. Think of the comparison between the two - what does it really look like? How big do I believe the difference is really?
In first chapter of the book of Moses, the prophet of the exodus is shown "the earth, yea, even all of it; and there was not a particle of it which he did not behold, discerning it," the scriptures say, "by the Spirit of God." To understate it greatly - That must have been an absolutely mind blowing vision! That was not all though. He beheld next, the inhabitants of earth, "and there was not a soul which he beheld not; and he discerned them by the Spirit of God;" So that's all of them, right?! Whenever they would inhabit the planet -- It's amazing to me to consider that Moses saw me... and my grandchildren...as well as my great great grandparents. It certainly must have been a humbling experience for him. Then, if I am reading the next verse right, Moses saw many earths with their inhabitants. This could be discussed for ages I suppose, and from all sorts of angles too. My point is simple though - the sheer scope of God's creations in relation to what Moses was familiar with was absolutely astonishing, humbling, and frankly beyond the ability of words to capture. Then comes the thought - If that kind of gap exists between the man's knowledge of God's physical creations and the full scope of them - what gap might exist in the realm of the spiritual or intellectual? Do we suppose that we are more familiar with the the spiritual and intellectual realm than we are then with the physical? If Moses' astonishment at seeing the vast extent of the physical creations of God causes enough humility for him to conclude that man is nothing [by comparison], then couldn't we show more intellectual humility? More deference to revelation? Trust more in His word even before we understand it completely?
Moses is familiar with the grandeur and power of the works of man in the word he lived in. His upbringing in the courts of Pharoah in arguably the most powerful nation on the earth at the time could really have convinced him that man was something - no dice though, not even a little bit after this vision. I want to be more like Moses, less enamored with the physical, intellectual, or spiritual creations of man. I want to open my eyes in humility and live more in reverent awe.
Saturday, June 3, 2017
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