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How tangible can an invisible God really be? - Part 5

Let's go on with our discussion about the tangibility of an invisible God today.

Our discussion will surround around the bible today.

I'm not going to go into the canonization of the bible. Its a huge topic and there are theological scholars who devote their entire lives into the research of this area. If you are interested in this area, please go look up the theological books which are aplenty. They cover roughly the same things. What i am going to do is to speak to those already reading the bible and how can we experience more of God in our readings.

Here are some of my pointers to you who find reading the bible a chore instead of a real living experience with God as you read go through the pages of the bible.

1) Read the bible together with God! I said before that prayer is a two way communication with God right? Who is to say that bible reading is only us reading what God wants to tell us? You know you can ask God and talk to God about what he did in the past? Its like going through the life history of someone! I was reading about Noah and the flooding yesterday. Who is to say that you can't ask God how did he feel at that moment? Did it break his heart to see his people die? What was it like to put the rainbow up there? How has he been so faithful that we see rainbows till today. Talk to God and see what he went through! You'll understand God's character so much more from there. You can even laugh with God.

2) Go beyond the superficial reading. Look into the emotions of the people. The situation at which it happened. The pain, despair, joy, faith are all things that we can read beyond the superficial. How you can imagine yourself stepping into the shoes of Paul, starting with a high flyer in the World and persecuting Christians, met God and gave his all to the kingdom. If Paul was to write a biography today, what would it be like?

3) Apply it to your life! If you want experience God in a tangible manner. allow him to hold your hands as you try to get a hang of molding the clay into a pot on the spinning plate. Allow him to guide you, to enjoy teaching you, to love you and to teach you patiently each step to pot making. You want to know how tangible God is, allow him to come close to you. Apply what you have learnt to your life. It'll be such a wonderful and tangible journey with God.

4) The bible is as much a historical book as it is a inspired book. The people who contributed to the writing of the bible all had very real and tangible experience of God.

Just like when my friend peter went to the F1 and had such a tangible experience of the booming sound and zooming cars, he couldn't wait to share with me every detail in as best the language he could so that i can share some if not all of his wonderful experiences and if possible experience some part of the F1 experience. I believe it is the same for the bible. The writers experienced such a real,powerful and tangible experience of God that they do whatever is humanly possible to write down the spirit, the emotions, the situation, the circumstances of what happened in their walk with God. The bible was written and designed to change lives and help people experience God in a deep deep measure. Be part of that experience today!

that's all i have, its not exhaustive but i guess its enough for the day and leave enough food for thought for the readers!

Regards,

jie hui

Labels: Apologetics

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Friday, October 24, 2008