The Land of Not Knowing

What cannot be seen is greater than what can be seen.  What exists in the invisible realm of God's Kingdom is greater than those thing which exist in the visible realm where we live and breathe.  There is more unknown about God than what is known.  God's ways are surely mysterious and wondrous, but more of this dimension of God's work is unseen by the human eye than we dare to think we have seen. The human means of relating to the world of the Kingdom of God is faith.  

Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen..."  Two things are very clear.  First, some of the things God is doing as well as the means by which He does them are in the unseen realm.  Secondly, faith is the God given tool to interact with the unseen activity of God in the world.  So many of our spirituality programs outline a process which has as its purpose understanding the ways of God and then implementing them to our benefit.  The "how to" books about being in relationship with God and living in His world fill up book shelves.  They surely have their place in our spiritual journey, but not often do they take us to place of of being immersed in the cloud of not knowing.  

They seek to bring us into a realm of greater understanding.  Seldom do they simply take us into the holy mystery that speaks of the air breathed by God and those who linger close enough to Him to be stirred and given life by His breath.  When I graduated from seminary some fifty five years ago, I was given two things.  I was given a parchment which spoke of what I knew and I was given a church to lead that was filled with such godly people that I was constantly reminded of how little I  knew.  Our faith beckons us to walk into this land of mystery, this land of not knowing.