To great philosophers, dreamers, feelers, lovers, children and mere mortals.
Warning: This is not a skim through blog to get the information or main point. Please let each word soak in. Say it in your mind, go there with the Unfathomable thoughts.
“Is it possible?” Was the consistent thought that God dropped in my head the other day when I was getting in a little extra with God.
As in, is it possible that in all my knowledge as experience with God, that I am actually much much closer to knowing 1% of the fullness of God then 99%? More like I’m at 1.2%? Is it possible God is that VAST? I would venture to say I know God decently well, at least compared to what I used to know. In terms of what the most knowledgable people on earth know about God, maybe I can even keep up with the Jones’s. After all, I’ve read the whole bible, even Leviticus :). But is it POSSIBLE that even the wisest most experienced of this world are way closer to 1%?
I’d say it’s not only possible, it’s LIKELY.
Is it possible that the God I sing about loving me soo much, ACTUALLY DOES? Not just a little, but is it possible that he loves me a LOT? Not just a lot in my terms, but more than I can comprehend? More than I love myself? More than any one on this earth not only loves me but is CAPABLE if loving me? More than the accumulation of all the lovers on earth loving in one big LOVE-SUM could ever love me? Is it possible that God could love me more than I can literally comprehend in the upmost of my understanding capabilities? In my greatest moment is it possible I could only understand this at 1% of Gods actual love capacity? Not just possible, LIKELY.
After all, God IS love.
Is it possible that the feeling of closeness, of love, of warmth, of excitement, of elation, of passion and belonging could never even touch what is available for what God wants to let me feel? That NO combination of hormones or chemicals could surge or drop correctly to give me the feeling that I’ll have someday in heaven after an ETERNITY of years and years at his side, just BEING? Is it possible that this feeling may not be graspable on earth?Is it possible that what we can grasp on earth is at 1% of the full amount God has available for us in Heaven? Possible that the best God-High feeling I have ever had in his presence will in my lifetime become so common that the EXCEPTION is not feeling that way? It’s not just possible, I think it’s likely :).
(I’m not sure if there is a word to describe that feeling. If there was, some one would’ve already used it to name a ride at Cedar Point amusement park.)
Is it possible that the way I’m currently functioning with the Holy Spirit is NOT EVEN CLOSE to what is intended? That there really is such friendship and intimacy with the Holy Spirit that you’d be closer to he/she than the spouse you’re married to? That the Holy Spirit is in fact BORED in our lives because of our lack of inclusion of he/she? Is it possible that the Holy Spirit is the most under appreciated and misunderstood topic of the bible, including Revelation? Not just possible…likely.
Is it possible that the person of the Holy Spirit could interact with people as a woman?
Is it possible that God is so beyond our ways of life or rules or structure that time doesn’t exist for him? In fact that he is OUTSIDE the dimension of time? That we get déjà vu dreams about things that haven’t happened yet because God is not on a timeline? Or what about finances? Is it possible that God doesn’t function on our currency? That $4.00 and $400,000.00 are EXACTLY THE SAME to him? That when we see bills and overwhelmingly crowded schedules, he sees opportunity? I don’t even want to call it a challenging opportunity. Is it possible that our God may be that BIG that he can do that X 7 billion people over multiple millenniums? That our faith and prayer requests don’t even come CLOSE to testing his power? Wow 🙂 It’s not just possible, it’s likely.
I want in on that exchange rate and time card.
Is it possible that the way I dream is not as big as the way God dreams? Haha it may sound obvious, but what if on my MOST AUDACIOUS days, where NOTHING is too big, too impossible, too outside the boundaries, that even then my dreams for my life don’t scratch the surface of the smallest of dreams God has laid out for me at the beginning of time? I don’t think that is just possible, I think it is likely.
Probably time to trust him with my life ambitions :).
Is it possible that God’s grace is SO expansive and SO free, that instead of accepting it, we turn it into a churchy word and mull over it? Is it possible to never stop swimming in it? Never stop enjoying it? That some Christians don’t even START to enjoy it? That most Christians don’t even know you’re SUPPOSED to enjoy God’s grace? Is it possible the the people that ARE dancing with grace, are still grooving in front of the mirror and have no clue what God’s full blown grace PROM party is like? That with grace we are ALWAYS the Prom Queen? That the full grace I received is full enough for more people than this world has ever held? Not just possible, it’s likely. Haha
Is it possible that no matter how GOOD I am, how many times I go to church, I do right that I will NEVER get an inch closer to deserving or earning salvation? Is it possible that no matter how BAD I am, how many screw-ups and do-overs I need, that I will NEVER get an inch farther from being able to receive his salvation? That Jesus died for ME, as I am, for my worst version, and my best version? For Mother Teresa and Hitler? It’s not just possible, it’s likely.
Is it possible that as complicated as God seems he is actually SIMPLE? So simple that children understand him more than religious scholars? That kids act like God more than pastors? That because we are created in the IMAGE of God, many of our natural tendencies ARE Godly, and NOT to be ignored or compressed down? More than possible, it’s likely.
Is it possible that God created SMILES as his look-of-the-day, everyday? …likely :).
Is it possible that God is so counter-cultural that sometimes the most religious humans are the farthest away from God? So tricked by satan that we who hear about God the most may in fact be the most unaware of him? That attendance becomes more important than intimacy with God? That kids can grow up in church or Christian school and actually not be AWARE that they are made to praise God, to actually SPEND TIME with him everyday? That some of us are so molded by our culture and the religious beliefs of our time, that we can’t fathom a time when there were other issues outside of how to baptize, what color the curtains should be, how long should service be or what does it take to be a member? That we view the bible so DISPROPORTIONATELY that our major topics are mixed up? That ‘What denomination are you?’ Shouldn’t be your first Jesus related question so some one with a WWJD bracelet? That Jesus is at times so removed from the church we play that in some circumstances we mine as well not go? I think it’s not just possible, it may even be likely.
Sorry, that one’s been on my chest for a bit.
Is it possible that God is BIGGER than the bible? That 66 books cannot contain or fully explain him? That much is left for us to find out ourselves in our EXPERIENCE with God? That out of those experiences we should test it against consistency of scripture to more accurately know him? Not only possible, likely.
This could go on and on with scenarios. Is it possible that I could write books on ‘Is it possible scenarios?’ Not just possible, again likely :).
One more.
Is it possible that we have only experienced the tip of the ice berg that Is JEHOVAH GOD? That we can’t even see close to half way up, or around? That this fullness of God, the expansive amount of adventures, the extensive experiences, mind blowing lessons, and unexplainable closeness will never quite be reached, never quite be finished…even after eternity in heaven?
That even if I could know, learn, experience, feel, be exponentially closer to the fullness of God each day from now through all of eternity, I may STILL be closer to the 1% than the 99% fullness.
IT IS NOT LIMITED TO POSSIBLE, IT IS BORDERLESS IN LIKELY.
“Jesus said, ‘You’re tied down to the mundane, I’m in touch with what is BEYOND you’re horizons. You live in terms of what you see and touch. I’m living on OTHER terms. I told you you were missing God in all of this. You’re at a dead end. If you won’t believe I AM who I say I AM, you’re at a dead end of sins. You’re missing GOD in your lives!'”
(John 8:23-24 MSG emphasis added)
Ponder that for a while…
Jake
