My response to getting accepted to MBI was very similar. Ok, maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration. But there was jumping and fist pumping involved I'll tell you that much. Like I had just won a life time pass to freedom and excitement, I was excited to be on my way to be a missionary pilot and my spirit was flying high (pun intended). Once I arrived here in Spokane my excitement was rekindled. My time here has been absolutely phenomenal and I have been so blessed to be able to attend such an awesome school. The professors and classes have not been too difficult but they have certainly been spiritually challenging and inspiring. Spending all day in God's word and learning more about Him has been a wonderful experience. Fredrick W. Faber could not have been any more correct when he said:
"Only to sit and think of God, Oh what a Joy it is!
To think the thought, to breath the Name, Earth has no higher bliss."
God has been teaching me so much that sometimes I feel like my head is about to explode with information! As a matter of fact, there are somedays were I feel like I can not learn anymore simply because there is so much to learn.
A wonderful yet annoying truth has began to haunt me over my first few months here: God, being infinite, omnipotent, and all-knowing, is a God that we, as temporary, broken, and foolish people, can never fully understand His majesty, ways, and being. This bugs me so much! I can never fully grasp God. He is just too much for me. I can study as much as I want about theology and doctrine but this feeble mind of mine can only handle so much information. But I want so much more! I desire to understand and to comprehend the entirety of His goodness and love. Jesus is just too good to not seek Him wholeheartedly and He deserves our all. It is frustrating that we are only human and can only fill our minds to a certain point. I suppose this fact just adds to the greatness of God! If we can never fully understand Him, it gives us all the more reason to adore his majesty and awesome power. Even if he may be too much for us, he will never be enough. My mind is overflowing with Jesus...but I desire more! Just as if I had won that gift card, I have eaten too much of God's free food so I am full. It was so delicious that even though I am full, I want more!
Please do no misunderstand me. I am not in any way, shape or form saying that Christ is not good enough. He is more than enough for us. In fact He has gone far beyond all that we can hope or imagine because while we were still sinners he died for us. Even though I sin against Him everyday, He continues to be faithful and loving as He forgives me and helps me up again. All am saying is that we, in our weak and finite minds can never fully understand His greatness even we seek it to the ends of the world.
I hope that you have somehow been encouraged through this post. Our God is indeed a great God! Let us continually seek Him every day for as long as we live. I conclude with this passage from God's word:
"One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple."
- Psalms 27:4
"Only to sit and think of God, Oh what a Joy it is!
To think the thought, to breath the Name, Earth has no higher bliss."
God has been teaching me so much that sometimes I feel like my head is about to explode with information! As a matter of fact, there are somedays were I feel like I can not learn anymore simply because there is so much to learn.
A wonderful yet annoying truth has began to haunt me over my first few months here: God, being infinite, omnipotent, and all-knowing, is a God that we, as temporary, broken, and foolish people, can never fully understand His majesty, ways, and being. This bugs me so much! I can never fully grasp God. He is just too much for me. I can study as much as I want about theology and doctrine but this feeble mind of mine can only handle so much information. But I want so much more! I desire to understand and to comprehend the entirety of His goodness and love. Jesus is just too good to not seek Him wholeheartedly and He deserves our all. It is frustrating that we are only human and can only fill our minds to a certain point. I suppose this fact just adds to the greatness of God! If we can never fully understand Him, it gives us all the more reason to adore his majesty and awesome power. Even if he may be too much for us, he will never be enough. My mind is overflowing with Jesus...but I desire more! Just as if I had won that gift card, I have eaten too much of God's free food so I am full. It was so delicious that even though I am full, I want more!
Please do no misunderstand me. I am not in any way, shape or form saying that Christ is not good enough. He is more than enough for us. In fact He has gone far beyond all that we can hope or imagine because while we were still sinners he died for us. Even though I sin against Him everyday, He continues to be faithful and loving as He forgives me and helps me up again. All am saying is that we, in our weak and finite minds can never fully understand His greatness even we seek it to the ends of the world.
I hope that you have somehow been encouraged through this post. Our God is indeed a great God! Let us continually seek Him every day for as long as we live. I conclude with this passage from God's word:
"One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple."
- Psalms 27:4
Love your post and You more than you know. God is Good to us all the time.
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