Audrey
is in that new phase of investigating absolutely everything. Early on as a
parent this phase annoyed me because I was constantly redirecting Jacob or
Gavin not to get into something. But with Audrey, I am acknowledging how her
mind is growing and changing every day, and it is intriguing to me the things she
finds intriguing. Audrey is fascinated with the shower. You cannot leave the
shower door open, even for a minute, or she will join you in the shower. Maybe
it isn’t that shocking because who doesn’t love a warm shower, but the girl is
drawn to it. Even after the water is off she will hang out in there for a few
minutes before she crawls back out. Audrey is also fascinated with the
dishwasher. I take this as a good sign because hopefully she will be the child
most ready to help with chores. My question though is why, in her little mind, does
she want to be in the middle of these specific things?
God
begins us all as infants, with the same lack of knowledge that grows as we
grow. Our world realizes knowledge is power, and has built a very profitable schooling
system based on that premise. Maybe too profitable, since young people are accumulating
so much student debt. Nevertheless we know knowledge is important. You can
always learn more, but you can only learn so much so quickly. I was reading
something the other day that said successful people keep reading and learning
every day. There is always something more to learn, and the older I get I
treasure those eye-opening, learning moments. When you learn something new, it
changes your perspective on life.
One
of the hardest things for me to understand is how an atheist thinks that they
have gained enough knowledge in life to be sure that there isn’t a God. Many
different people have tried to set out to disprove God, but the more knowledge
they gained the harder it was to deny. But like anything in life, we can stop
learning and choose to believe what we want to believe. There is just something
that draws us to the idea of “a complete knowledge,” however if humans begin
like Audrey, then who can know it all? At a recent conference I attended, it
was said that when asked this question, “If you could have lunch with any
person (past or present) who would it be?” that the majority of people would
answer Jesus. This answer is from Christians and non-Christians alike. The
speaker continued to say, “Who else would you say? Mother Theresa? Well, she is
connected to Jesus. Gandhi? Well, he had ties to Jesus in some ways too.” So,
imagine if you were the lucky one able to walk with Jesus and gain knowledge
from Him. Now imagine the impact of walking with Jesus would have on a teenage
boy.
The
Mount of Transfiguration is a key moment where Jesus allows His disciples to
grasp a piece of the knowledge of God. They are looking at Moses and Elijah and
are just beginning to understand how big their God is. For those young men, their
knowledge is expanding in ways they never thought possible. Our sinful nature
will make us think, like Adam and Eve, that we can understand the knowledge of
God, but the Mount of Transfiguration shows us the reality – that we can only
have a glimpse of what God sees and knows. This weekend we will spend time
looking at how this moment in history exemplifies how great Jesus is, and how
our knowledge and God’s knowledge is so much different.
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