What do I know of Holy?

There has been a song that has played on my pandora list off and on for the last several months. I've listened to it a lot. I clicked the "like" button so I normally hear it on there once a week. I've listened to it over and over, but I never really noticed the words. One day earlier this year when it came on something in the lyrics got my attention in a new way, and I stopped to read the lyrics as the song played.

I made You promises a thousand times
I tried to hear from Heaven
But I talked the whole time
I think I made You too small
I never feared You at all No
If You touched my face would I know You?
Looked into my eyes could I behold You?

What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
So what do I know? What do I know of Holy?

I guess I thought that I had figured You out
I knew all the stories and I learned to talk about
How You were mighty to save
But those were only empty words on a page
Then I caught a glimpse of who You might be
The slightest hint of You brought me down to my knees

So what do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
So what do I know? What do I know of Holy?

What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of wounds that will heal my shame?
And a God who gave life its name?
What do I know of Holy?
Of the One who the angels praise?
All creation knows Your name
On earth and heaven above
What do I know of this love?

So what do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
Lord what do I know? What do I know of Holy?

What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of Holy?

Every time I hear the song the reality of it hits me. What do I know of Holy? What do I really know of God? Each time I hear it I'm like, "I have to write about this." And every time I try I can never find the words. Honestly, what do I know of Holy?

I think that maybe that's the point of all of this. We can't fully explain God. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13.12, "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known." We cannot fully comprehend God now, our minds are limited by the fall. I believe that's why Jesus came as a man, to show us what God was like in a way we could understand. Notice how even then people didn't fully get it. Today people still don't get Jesus.

God desires for us to know Him. He's done so much for us to know Him. He sent Jesus to Earth to show us what He is like. He has given us the written word of Scripture for us to study and learn about Him. We are able to communicate directly with Him through prayer. He's given us the beauty of creation, as it says in Romans 1.20, "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse." Psalm 19.1 says, "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands."

God is great, He is beyond our comprehension, and yet He desires for us to know Him, and has given us so much to aid us in that. Why do we neglect Him? On the other hand why do we get so arrogant to think that we have figured Him out? What do we know of Holy?

To God alone be the glory!

Peace be with you