Do we really know God?

Jeremiah 4:22 (NIV)

“My people are fools; 
they do not know me. 
They are senseless children; 
they have no understanding. 
They are skilled in doing evil; 
they know not how to do good.”

Who is the Lord referring to?

I believe the main point here is "they do not know me" which leads to the rest of this observation. I believe it is to those professed Christians who follow only religious systems and not the Spirit of Christ. Do I always do this, obviously not; many are the times I look back and realized my foolishness and am embarrassed by what I believed about God, Of course if we listen to and obey the Spirit of Christ in our hearts instead of what we are told to believe we would avoid these pitfalls. This is not easy swimming up the stream of religious teachings but we must listen to our hearts for this is where Christ speaks to us. I am not saying all that we are taught by our religious leaders is wrong but there are times when there is a definite tension in our heart and mind when we hear certain supposed truths taught. There is a check in our heart and we should check it out for ourselves.Have I perfected this, or arrived? No, but I'm working on it. How about you?

Peace,

D.D. Caldwell

Sunday Morning Musings...

I love the promises of God and stand on them often; although they are not necessary for my faith, trust, and continuing relationship with my Heavenly Father and Loving Savior any more than my relationship and trust in my natural parents is based on any promise from them… It is because I KNOW them and KNOW they love me; and KNOW their nature and character… My relationship with God is based on a REVELATION in the SPIRIT that was GIVEN me of the LOVE OF GOD FOR ME AND EVERYONE BECAUSE OF “WHO HE IS” Not necessarily what He has said… Words are actually a poor means of communication in its deepest sense and will fail us in explaining God or His infinite being and character. Words can be so easily misunderstood, mistranslated, and misused… - “the letter kills but the Spirit gives Life!” 2 Corinthians 3:6 To have the very deepest Relationship with God and our Savior Christ Jesus we must “Walk in - Live by, The Spirit” Romans 8:4; Galatians 5:18,25 - Not the flesh or any fleshly means… The mind and spirit does not think in words but in pictures, unspeakable thoughts, ideas, logic, emotions, and feelings. When someone says a “tree” you do not see T-R-E-E in your mind but a PICTURE of a tree… When you think of a loved one you do not see their name or words they have said written across a screen or page in your mind but you have feelings, thoughts, emotions and pictures that may be hard to put into words…  Think about it…