I must have a lot of nerve for this one.
We can’t get around the fact that God is popular. I say popular to mean — when people find it compelling to talk about you, good or bad; so, as I said, God is popular, but who is He, and what is He to you.
We all have an opinion about God — right or wrong, but you can’t know who God is looking from the outside peeking in. Let me simplify: Do I know you? No! Would I be right to form an opinion of you, and not know you? No again. And it should be the same when speaking of God. Here’s another point. Are you a licensed Electrician? If yes, do I have a right to debate you about things electrical if I’m not? No! Let me give you this, I’m a man, and I have no right to debate a woman/mother about childbirth; I’ll be wrong before I start. So, “Who is God”? There’s no way for you, nor I to know who God is unless we’re a child of God; not to be linked with a youngster’s understanding as knowing of Him or not, but to know as having an intimate association with Him, because only then can you Know the Father. When you finally know God, all the pieces about Him will line up; the differences between fact and fiction will magnify like night and day, but until then, you’re as a man trying to debate a woman about childbirth.
When you know God, He’ll reach you on your level of understanding and comprehension; plus, as you grow, you’ll be handled differently, the same way you should do a child as he or she is growing up. Don’t believe this — then you don’t know God. You don’t treat a child as a baby when they’re young adults, and you don’t treat them like young adults, when they’re mature, and grown.
A mother will know when HER baby is crying — or not, even if her child is in a room full of other crying babies; she’ll recognize hers, and answer its cry. When the infant hears its Mother’s voice, it’ll begin to settle, but no way could the infant pick her out of a crowd, and they’d know her when handled; but it’s different for a baby who’s grown from that stage, and KNOWS her, who she is, and what is she to them.
When we know God, He hears our cries the same way, and will answer the call. He’ll never leave us or forsake us – (Hebrews 13:5). This means you can speak to Him; He’ll hear, and speak back, plus YOU WILL HEAR HIM, just as an infant hears their mother voice; you’ll know, and it will settle you. I know for non-believers this sounds crazy.
All the Promises of God are yes through Jesus before we even ask – (2nd Corinthians 1:20); but wait a minute, don’t think for one second you can know God without Jesus. Jesus is His earthly Name, but WORD is His Heavenly Name, and you can’t know God without knowing His Word – (John 1:1-4).
God makes the impossible possible – (Mark 9:23), and to assure we’re number one, the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead resides inside of us believers – (Romans 8:11), and (1st Corinthians 6:19). Let me say again, this stuff is foolish if you don’t know God – (1st Corinthians 2:14).
So, “Who is God”? You can’t know truthfully until you’ve walked through the door – (Matthew 7:7). Oh; you asked where’s the door? Calvary’s Hill; receiving the finished works from the happenings that accrued there.
Gaidi
Word of note: It may not appear that the crying baby is settling if it’s still crying when Mama comes, but it is. All that’s happened was — they’ve just moved from one emotion to another in a split second; so now they’re equally upset about something else, but their only way of expressing need is to cry. Eventually, Mother will know the differences in cries, because she’ll read the babies Heart, and act accordingly, but baby doesn’t know this, because all they know is — crying worked in the past, and guess what, God knows our Heart better than Mama.
Gaidi