HIS WAYS PAST FINDING OUT - Romans 11:33
Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
It does not matter if you spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year for the next 1,000 years to study the ways of God; you will never learn all there is to know about God. There is so much to learn about God that you can never learn enough. We are instructed to add knowledge to our virtue, and you will never reach a point where you cannot add any additional knowledge regarding the ways of God.
To many Christians are more concerned about adding to their secular wisdom that they do not have the time to think about spiritual things. However, the better you understand God, Christianity, and the Bible, the closer your relationship with God will be. The closer your relationship with God, the easier it will be for you to understand and accept why God allows certain trials into your life. If all you did were fill your mind with worldly wisdom, when you faced spiritual trials, you would be confounded trying to figure out the purposes of God.
As you study the apostle Paul’s life and teachings, you will quickly understand that he had a great grasp of the spiritual truths of God. Paul truly understood the principles of the Christian faith. However, just because he had great knowledge, it does not mean that he did not face spiritual trials. Instead, because of knowledge, he was able to give thanks always because he understood that God had a purpose for everything.
At the end of a school year, a student must take a test to confirm that they have a solid grasp of the material that was taught over the last year. Just because you have added knowledge to your life, does not mean that you are able to avoid the trials, it just means that you will pass God’s test and be able to start new level of knowledge. It is as you overcome the trials that God brings into your life that you are able to move to the next level of knowledge and thus continue to add more knowledge to your virtue.
You will never have to worry about obtaining to much knowledge of God. There is not a certain amount of God that you can know. Instead, it is like a bottomless pit, the more you learn about God, the more you know that there is even more that you can learn.
We need to learn to develop the attitude of Jacob when it comes to our pursuit of our knowledge of the ways of God. Jacob refused to stop wrestling until he received a blessing. He was willing to be injured because he knew the value of a blessing and he wanted that blessing. In the same manner, we need to come before God and insist that HE reveal HIMSELF to us. We need to set aside the necessary time and commit to continue to seek HIS face until HE reveals HIMSELF to us in a new and exciting way. If Christians were to learn to desire to know God more, then their lives would change and they would be able to be the salt and light unto the world.
Do not worry about ever obtaining too much knowledge of God or of Christianity as long as you have first established the proper foundation of faith and virtue. If all you have is knowledge, it will puff you up. If you have the proper foundation, then the more you learn of God, the closer your relationship with God will be.