This week Matt Rawlings was here and talking about the fear of God. I've never really understood what that meant. Matt talked a lot about the nature and Character of God. God's nature is, "God is BIG!" We watched videos about how big and detailed the universe is. If we truly understand how big God is than we will understand that nothing is too big for God. If we understand how big God is we live in awe of Him. God's character relates to how good God is and knowing his character brings intimacy. Matt brought up an interesting thought... Would you ever chose to have intimacy with someone that you didn't know? If we don't know anything about God's nature or who God is, we cant be as intimate with God. I'm not saying that you have to know everything about God before you can be intimate but I do agree that as we come to know God better we can experience greater intimacy with him. No matter what happens in my life, will I decide to hold on to "God is big and God is good?"
Matt also said, "what you are looking for you will find. If you are looking for someone who doesn't like you, then you will find it." I seem to find that all the time. I'm also constantly looking for my own imperfections. In fact, it would seem that I live with mirrors surrounding myself. I'm so focused on being "ok" and being "healthy" that I miss God all the time!!! No matter what is going on in my life, God is big enough and God is good enough!
Ok.. so I feel like I'm rambling. It was a great week of lectures. I know this all sounds really simple but it barely scratches the surface of what we talked about. I'd love feedback. Questions, thoughts?
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Yeah! So true...If I wasn't constantly moving into more and more experiential knowledge of Him, I wouldn't fall in love. I love Him because He first loved me. I can only give Him back what I have received. I must be ever receiving from Him. What a 'beautiful transaction, a beautiful dialogue!'
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