on God

This past weekend I went away on a conference with my church where we studied the character of God. The talks were around the topics, "God is Good," (Psalm 145), "God is Great" (Psalm 139) and ,"God is Gracious" (Psalm 103). The titles seems simple enough in themselves but the insights in the Psalms are rich- especially when you think about the fact that God is all his characteristics at one time. He never changes.

But perhaps one of the things that stuck with me the most was something the speaker said at the beginning of one of his talks. He said something along the lines that he was afraid we are too self obsessed to think learning about God is interesting. Wow. That got me thinking and I don't think I can make much of an argument against that. I think most of the times I am looking for spiritual insights that will directly help me instead of studying God just to worship him.

On the back of a book we received is a quote by Charles Spurgeon, "The proper study of a Christian is [God]. The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God who he calls Father." Think about that.