Accepting God

I have been careful to remain gender neutral in my post because I see no reason to create an unnecessary diversion or division due to our differences, yet I must confess these differences are constantly making themselves apparent to me. One of the most important of these I find, is the difference between the way men and women, in general, tend to approach relationships. This difference is even exhibited in their relationship with God.

Men, it seems, are not content to sit back and wait as God reveals Himself in our lives. We strive to try and define Him within the boundary of our own understanding. Women, alternately, seem content with what they already know and often struggle against any change in the relationship at all. I point out my observation, not to draw attention to the difference, but to address what I find often prevents us both from growing closer to Him. My observation is only general and there are certainly people who stand out as exceptions to this rule, but I do find these attitudes to be prevalent among the people I know. I have numerous suspicions about why this situation exists, but regardless I think we each could benefit in this area by learning from each other.

I would encourage everyone to seek God, to strive to know Him and to try and learn how to fully appreciate all He is, all He is doing and all He has done. I would certainly discourage any attempt to limit Him or to ever consider our understanding of Him is full. We should acknowledge that we are getting to know Him more each day and simply accept Him as He reveals Himself without trying to force-fit each of His attributes into the boundary of our own understanding. That’s called trying to put God in a box, but thankfully you can never contain Him. Rather than try and define God, we should cease our struggle against Him as He defines us and helps us conform to the image of His Son.