In today's reading Job's friends raise some important questions to Job as they observe the things of nature.... "We may try to figure out God and what He's doing, but can man really find out God?"
The answer is "NO, we cannot!"
In Patriarchs and Prophets, we read, "The mightiest intellects of earth cannot comprehend God. Men may be ever searching, ever learning and still there is an infinity beyond." (p. 116)
I love that... There will always be an infinity beyond.... we are told even when we get to heaven, there will always be more to learn, new discoveries to make! The following are a few of my favorite quotes talking about what it will be like in heaven as we continually learn MORE about our Amazing God!
"All the treasures of the universe will be open to the study of God’s children. With unutterable delight we shall enter into the joy and the wisdom of unfallen beings. We shall share the treasures gained through ages upon ages spent in contemplation of God’s handiwork. And the years of eternity, as they roll, will continue to bring more glorious revelations. “Exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20) will be, forever and forever, the impartation of the gifts of God."
"Do you think we shall not learn anything there? We have not the slightest idea of what will then be opened before us. With Christ we shall walk beside the living waters. He will unfold to us the beauty and glory of nature. He will reveal what He is to us and what we are to Him. Truth we cannot know now because of finite limitations, we shall know hereafter." Adventist Home, p. 152
"All the treasures of the universe will be open to the study of God’s redeemed. Unfettered by mortality, they wing their tireless flight to worlds afar—worlds that thrilled with sorrow at the spectacle of human woe and rang with songs of gladness at the tidings of a ransomed soul. With unutterable delight the children of earth enter into the joy and the wisdom of unfallen beings. They share the treasures of knowledge and understanding gained through the ages upon ages in contemplation of God’s handiwork. With undimmed vision they gaze upon the glory of creation—suns and stars and systems, all in their appointed order circling the throne of Deity. Upon all things, from the least to the greatest, the Creator’s name is written, and in all are the riches of His power displayed."(The Great Controversy, 677, 678)
"There every power will be developed, every capability increased. The grandest enterprises will be carried forward, the loftiest aspirations will be reached, the highest ambitions realized. And still there will arise new heights to surmount, new wonders to admire, new truths to comprehend, fresh objects to call forth the powers of body and mind and soul." (Education, p. 306)
"And the years of eternity, as they roll, will bring richer and still more glorious revelations of God and of Christ. As knowledge is progressive, so will love, reverence, and happiness increase. The more men learn of God, the greater will be their admiration of His character." (The Great Controversy, 678)
Wow! Looking forward to that heavenly school...
Tomorrow's Reading: Job 13-14 and Luke 18
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