Discovering God

Bible reading: Acts 17:23 – 28

Step 3: we made a decision to turn our lives and our wills over to the care of God.

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.” (Romans 12:1)

Principle 3: Consciously choose to commit all of my life and will to Christ care and control.

“Happy are the meek.” (Matthew 5:8)

Before we can turn our lives over to God, we need to have an accurate understanding of who He is. It’s crucial that our lives be turned over to the God who loves us, and not the “god” of this world who seeks only to deceive and destroy. The apostle Paul described the deceiver this way: “Satan, who is the god of this evil world, has made him [the deceived person] blind, unable to see the glorious light of the gospel that is shining upon him, or to understand the amazing message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is God” (2 Corinthians 4:4). Has Satan deceived us? How can we be sure that we have a true understanding of God?

When Paul addressed the men of Athens he said, “I saw your many altars, and one of them had this inscription on it – ‘to the unknown God.’ You have been worshiping him without knowing who He is, and now I wish to tell you about Him… His purpose in all of this is that they [all people] should seek after God, and perhaps feel their way toward Him and find Him – though He is not far from any of us. For in Him we live and move and are!” (Acts 17:23, 27 – 28).

Even though God may be unknown to us, He is near and willing to reveal himself. God has promised, “You will find Me when you seek Me, if you look for Me in earnest” (Jeremiah 29:13). Turning over our will involves becoming willing to accept God as He is, instead of insisting on creating Him in our own image. When we seek God with an open heart and mind, we will find Him.

As we seek God, He makes himself known to us.

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