Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Unchangeable Understanding


Psalms 147:5
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.

The fourth question in the shorter catechism asks, "What is God?" Among a list of eleven things, it says that "God is unchangeable in his...wisdom." It then refers to the text in Psalm 147:5.

Have you ever pondered that God's understanding is infinite? Everything I know is finite. The best way for me to try and wrap my mind around the idea that God is infinite is for me to think about the things that are finite and tell myself that God is not like that. Can you imagine having any real hope if God was like us, in that he could die at any moment? (Meaning he was finite)

I love thinking about God being infinite in his understanding. I am glad that he is. I am so far from being infinite in my understanding it makes me sick sometimes. There are so many things that I do not understand. Even if the facts are right before my eyes, I still, many times can not understand. But the Bible states that God is unchangeable in his understanding. There is never a moment when God learns something new. Never a moment when God doesn't know everything. He is timeless, so he knows all things, all at once. God surely is amazing. I love him, and am sure glad that he is not like me; though I crave to be more like him :-)

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