Knowing God

Gospel: Matthew 11: 25-27

To be sure study and education are important parts of our lives, and we learn a great deal from those disciplines.  But what about when it comes to God?  A lot of books on God and theology have been written over the centuries, and reading them cam have some value.  But what is gained in that study is a survey of other people's ideas and experiences of God.  We cannot and will not find our own experience of God therein.

We can only discover God as a child discovers all things - through living and experiencing the world.  If God is being and existence itself, if God is love then it follows that the only way to know God is through our experiences of living and loving.  By constantly reflecting on our experiences we come to know God in our lives.  Some of what we experience may be similar to that of others.  Some of it will be unique for us.  

Authentic religion and spirituality is reflecting on these experiences with others, in comparing them with those found in scriptures and in the experiences of other people.  It is at the same time, like a child, remaining ever open to new experiences and insights about God, for if God is infinite, then our knowledge of God can never be closed or static.  Today we recommit to the posture of a child in our spiritual journey.