When we think of God, we have a tendency to place Him in a box of our making. We think limited thoughts about Him when in fact He is unlimited. Our minds simply cannot contain Him, as He is infinite, He is endless, He is limitless.
We say God is a mystery because we cannot understand His infinity. We must accept the things we do not understand by Faith. God has given us His Word to help us learn about God, and by searching God's Word we can find true facts about God called 'Attributes'. An attribute is a characteristic that is true about God and how He reveals Himself to us. Love, for instance, is not a quality that may grow or diminish, but it is the way He IS, as with all of His attributes. He IS all faithful; He IS all merciful; He IS completely immutable; He IS all and always Holy.
A.W. Tozer tells us that "The God we must learn to know is the Majesty of the heavens, God the Almighty Father, Maker of heaven and earth, the only wise God our Saviour. He it is that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, who stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain and spreadeth them out like a tent to dwell in..." The Psalmist of Psalm 145:5 says: "I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty and Your wondrous works."
Prayer: O Lord! Enlighten our minds that we may know You as You are, so that we may perfectly love You and worthily Praise You. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Our vows, our prayers, we now present
Before Thy throne of grace;
God of our fathers! O be the God
Of their succeeding race.
--by Philip Doddridge
