Colossians 1:10 …walk in a manner worthy of the Lord…increasing in the knowledge of God;
The soil that we are to grow in is the knowledge of God!
Paul has already prayed that the Colossians be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in verse 9 of this same chapter. There the focus was on what Scripture had to say concerning God’s revealed will for our lives- our conduct, but here there is a slight shift in focus. He prays not only for an increase in the knowledge of God’s will but for an increase in the knowledge of God Himself! And what a rich soil that is to grow in.
I just can’t tell you what a tremendous blessing it has been for me recently to study AW Tozer’s Knowledge of the Holy with our Sr. High boys. To study God’s attributes is a jaw-dropping, eye-popping, heart-stopping experience. It’s indescribable. So many times, and the guys can tell you this, I’ve just been at a loss for words.
In his book, Tozer laments the fact that Christians have contented themselves with knowing little about God. He says…
“Perhaps some sincere but puzzled Christian may at this juncture wish to inquire about the practicality of such concepts as I am trying to set forth here. What bearing does this have on my life? He may ask. What possible meaning can the self-existence of God have for me and others like me in a world such as this and in times such as these?”
He then declares…
“To this I reply that, because we are the handiwork of God it follows that all of our problems and their solutions are theological” – pg. 43
A similar statement is found earlier in his writing when he states..
“The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us.” Pg. vii
Listen, weak Christians are the product of weak views of God. And God is not honored by Christians who are satisfied with a little of God. We’d rather sit on the shore and stick our toes in the water when we’ve been invited to hop in a submarine and dive down into the unfathomable depths. Let’s go deeper! How can we be satisfied with so little of so great a God?
In Christ Alone,
Pastor George
The soil that we are to grow in is the knowledge of God!
Paul has already prayed that the Colossians be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in verse 9 of this same chapter. There the focus was on what Scripture had to say concerning God’s revealed will for our lives- our conduct, but here there is a slight shift in focus. He prays not only for an increase in the knowledge of God’s will but for an increase in the knowledge of God Himself! And what a rich soil that is to grow in.
I just can’t tell you what a tremendous blessing it has been for me recently to study AW Tozer’s Knowledge of the Holy with our Sr. High boys. To study God’s attributes is a jaw-dropping, eye-popping, heart-stopping experience. It’s indescribable. So many times, and the guys can tell you this, I’ve just been at a loss for words.
In his book, Tozer laments the fact that Christians have contented themselves with knowing little about God. He says…
“Perhaps some sincere but puzzled Christian may at this juncture wish to inquire about the practicality of such concepts as I am trying to set forth here. What bearing does this have on my life? He may ask. What possible meaning can the self-existence of God have for me and others like me in a world such as this and in times such as these?”
He then declares…
“To this I reply that, because we are the handiwork of God it follows that all of our problems and their solutions are theological” – pg. 43
A similar statement is found earlier in his writing when he states..
“The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us.” Pg. vii
Listen, weak Christians are the product of weak views of God. And God is not honored by Christians who are satisfied with a little of God. We’d rather sit on the shore and stick our toes in the water when we’ve been invited to hop in a submarine and dive down into the unfathomable depths. Let’s go deeper! How can we be satisfied with so little of so great a God?
In Christ Alone,
Pastor George
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