I followed an electrical storm for about 30 minutes tonight. What a show! Impressive does not begin to describe it. It’s no wonder, really, that the predominant mindset in Christianity is the same as in pagan and religious cultures worldwide…that God is infinitely big and therefore infinitely distant.
In reality, however, this infinite God has gone to infinite lengths in Jesus to bridge this distance. Jesus was a man indwelt by God, meant to be the first among many (Rom 8:29). God, whose power and holiness can never be compromised, chose instead to lay it down and demonstrate His desire for connection with His most prized creation.
Our philosophies cheat us today as they did in Paul’s day. We see the Majesty of God and we feel small, insignificant, and powerless, while God seems great, omnipotent, and distant. Though that may seem a noble and spiritually enlightened thought, it is anything but noble, and full of darkness. In fact, the problem with it is that it’s not a spiritual thought at all, but a natural one.
To have a mind that is set on the spirit, as Paul instructed us, is to reject the notion that things are as they appear, feel, or reason out. The spiritually enlightened thought at the sight of a great storm, the oceans, canyons, or mountains, is that these things are but a sampling, a glimpse, a hint, if you will, of what power and holiness has literally taken up residence--in us.
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