"Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever." ~I Timothy 1:17
Today as I spent time thinking about God...I wrestled with the tension of trying to understand Him and yet having no point of reference with which to do that. So, I picked up my 'go to' book, "Knowledge of the Holy" by A.W. Tozer. Every time I read this little wisp of a book, I feel that I inch a little closer to a more true impression of God...if that is something that can ever be grasped.
"When we try to imagine what God is like, we must of necessity use that which in not God as the raw materials for our minds to work on; hence whatever we visualize God to be, He is not, for we have constructed our image out of that which He has made, and what He has made is not God. If we insist upon trying to imagine Him, we end with an idol, made not with hands, but with thoughts; and an idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand."
Immortal, invisible,
God only wise,
In light inaccessible
hid from our eyes,
Most blessèd, most glorious,
the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious,
Thy great Name we praise.
Unresting, unhasting,
and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting,
Thou rulest in might;
Thy justice, like mountains,
high soaring above
Thy clouds, which are fountains
of goodness and love.
To all, life Thou givest,
to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest,
the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish
as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish--
but naught changeth Thee.
Great Father of glory,
pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore Thee,
all veiling their sight;
All praise we would render;
O help us to see
'Tis only the splendor
of light hideth Thee.
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