Saturday, August 15, 2015

God has created the beginning from end

Ps 19 1" The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.3 There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard 4 Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."

God has created all things for the purpose of communicating His will.  The perfect view of creation is the complete communication of all that we need. God has created all things as He is. All of the characteristics of His creation are perfectly ordered according to His will. If we had the ability to receive this absolute perfect communication in Gods as this perfect vehicle we would be swallowed up. The Psalms are always teaching that God is infinite and we are finite. This means that God creates all things with limits on their function. In this since what we cannot comprehend and our limitations in our own view is for our good. Since God is the only one who can completely view all things in their perfect communication then He has lowered Himself in the fullest sense as the answer to all that we do not understand. 

We are in a world in which all reality is an active communication. The communication of thoughts, the character of the creation of the reality in things, people and the creation of personalities in our interaction. We are always viewing the world through a limited understanding of all that is necessary for us to experience unity and wholeness. This is what the Theologians meant when they described the difference between us and God is that we are complicated but God is very simple. The more limited the view is the more frustrations and questions are necessary. This is what the Psalmist is answering by proclaiming that God has gifted us with the words that answer our lack of understanding. In this sense , unity, balance, and wholeness are realities that come through a vehicle and not in the created thing itself.     

The vehicle is through word and Spirit. 7 "The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.8 The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.9 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous".The Psalmist is describing the perfect activity of God in this perfect communication of reality as we view His work in the created things. God speaks life, His will is never opposite to His covenant, His eternal view is the creation of our reality, His commands order all things for our good and His power to oppose is sure and steadfast. 

He is saying that all of our frustrations are a result of not being able to receive the communication in which we experience perfect symmetry and connection. 12" Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults."We are always attempting to be secure in our minds through a very limited vocabulary. In this book, we are looking at reality through the Perfect man. He has communicated the perfect language of human frustration in spiritual conversions that are mysterious that are limited so that we are not destroyed with the communication that only God can handle.  With this understanding we are fully secure in God, needing nothing else for our security.   












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