God Is Mystery

Our concepts of God are our most significant impediments to knowing God. Jesus never invited others to know about Him. He invited them to follow him. God is the divine mystery. God is not defined by our concepts of God. Our concepts are merely poor fingers pointing to God. Our concepts are not God. We are tempted to substitute the signs of God for the reality of God. The signs are only signposts pointing us in the direction of the reality of God. Jesus, the incarnation of God, invited us to follow Him. Our concepts of God can be the “boxes’ into which we think we have placed God, after which we do not need to follow because we think that we have God figured out. Moses asked to see the face of God and God refused. Instead, God told Moses to hide in the rock’s cleft and God would pass by. Our concepts may only be the shadow portions of our experiences of the backside of God’s activities. I think the lesson is to be cautious around anyone who says they have God all figured out. The reality is the invitation to follow Jesus into a relationship with God which is more about mystery than completely understanding.