Still More Excellent

  "Strive for the greater gifts.  And I will show you a still more excellent way."  (1 Cor. 12:31)

  Can you imagine telling Billy Graham that there is still more for him?

  Can you look the pope in the eye and say that he needs to grow spiritually?

  Christianity is indeed a bottomless ocean into which we dive.  In this lifetime, it is impossible to ever achieve a complete knowledge of the things of God.  It is somewhat humorous to me that my degree is called a 'Master of Divinity'.  As if such a thing was possible.  I suppose 'This Person knows a little more about religious things' doesn't sound quite as prestigious.  Who's going to pay for that degree?

  From the days we first look to the heavens with a curious glance to the very last breath our mortal bodies draw, there is more to learn about God.  We never know enough, we have never mastered the material.  The wise choice, I believe, is to accept this and invest our lives as students, humbling admitting how little we know and seeking out knowledge of God, that it may lead us deeper into a relationship with God.  We shall never have all the answers, but Paul still encourages us to learn, to strive, and trust that the truth is always even more excellent than we can ever grasp.

  The truth of God is always just beyond our reach, no matter how high we have climbed.  No matter how wondrous and loving we comprehend God to be, he is always more than we can dare to dream.