He Is So Great He Can Even Be Small; to the point of a period. John 1:1
I suppose the question begins with a nagging yet understandable, "Why?" This isn't an easy question though it may seem innocent enough. Ask anyone who has spent a little time with a 3-5 year old and they will whole-heartily agree that the "why" question is more profound than many of the rest. It can stump us as well as cause all kinds of misconceptions. It can be the difference between someone being an atheist and a theist.
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I don't pretend to be very smart when it comes to things such as biology, physiology, or any other ...ology for that matter. But I do know enough to recognize that there is something special about life and being made human, at the top of the food chain (unless when swimming off the cape of Africa. Then a great white is one notch above us), isn't some fortunate turn of cosmological or evolutionary events. I know there is an amazingly vast world of science out there but maybe at least for once the unbeliever could be ridiculed for their blind faith because it has to be greater than the theist. After all, a powerful creator fills in the gaps far more soundly than any test tube. Please realize that while I am not a scientist of any sort the various sciences fascinate me and I believe that God is the creator of all sciences.
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But I digress a little. I believe that the majority of people do believe in some kind of a powerful being that is at work in what we see. I do not believe the world is sitting on the back of a giant tortoise and it is "tortoises all the way down." And I do not think many people believe such things. But the really nagging question is how do we begin to and continue to know or interact with this great being, that's if this being wants to interact with us at all.
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Some people say that this being (God) will fall upon us with power and then we will know of him. Some people believe that it will require intense meditation so much so that all surrounding material must be completely blocked out. Others say it is a 12 step program and once you have completed the 12th step then you will know. (But remember, if you mess up at any of the previous steps you must go back to the beginning and cannot return to your place in line, thanks and have a nice day. "What's in your wallet.") Others just believe and there is no basis for their belief. They are like my 12 year old daughter when I ask, "How do you know." She responds, "I just know."
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Here is a novel concept. There is something that I have noticed about creatures that is very amazing. All creatures are capable of communicating. Animals, each in their own ways as well as us at the top of the food chain. No doubt that this is a part of the evolutionary process, that would explain Ebonics and the ever present phenomena of text message speak:) Doesn't written and verbal communication make sense or am I not complex enough. After all, when I want a drink I say to my son Jonah, "Hey Jonah, how about you fetch dear old dad some tea." Are you different? Do you grunt? Do you stare as if with blazing eyes of power so that you communicate with your brain without spoken words. In the words of the grasshopper from Bugs Life, "Ooh, ooh, ooh, I'm asking you with my brain."
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I suppose we struggle to believe that a God powerful enough to hang the moon and the stars is capable to just speak to us. But just as you read this know we are communicating in a form that is the most accepted in our world. We don't use pictures as our common form of communication. We do not use human poses as our common form of communication (That's not Vogue--I know, that one was bad.), nor any other. While we are capable of communicating in many ways our default is written and verbal words. Here is a thought, if God is as grand as all creation then He is powerful enough to connect with us at our level. He doesn't enlighten us through one powerful enchantment, transcendental meditation, 12 step program or anything other than the most common form that we are accustomed to; the written Word.
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It makes so much sense that Jesus, the Son of God would be called the Word. And it makes sense that the Word would dwell among us. After all God is so powerful and significant that he is capable of appearing insignificant for a while so that we might comprehend what we might think is incomprehensible.
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So Christians, the next time someone ask you why do you believe that or this please do not respond with, "Because I just know." After all, you have the Word.
