Ephesians 3 14
What does it mean to go from knowing about God to knowing God?
It is more dangerous to know God than to just know about him from a distance.
1. We can know the scriptures, but miss Jesus
External awe to internal wonder
When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.
Ephesians 3:14-17 NLT
To understand God's vastness, it is important that we start with humility. We must not make ourselves big and shrink God in our minds.
Internal wonder to dimensional mystery
practical ideas to experience God
- Reduce
- take away things in your life that are distracting from God
- Reorient
- let's see the moment we're in differently
- the American way is to power through one thing and get on to the next thing
- Remain
- Keep Christ in front of you
Other things that point us to God's love
- Sin
- Suffering
- Surprise