{{2011_06_21_t1.jpg}} {{2011_06_21_t2.jpg}} {{2011_06_21_t3.jpg}} [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/de/doku.php/jn_de_2011_06_21|Deutsche Version]] [[Start|| Wiki Start]] [[topics_collection_iii|| Topics Collection iii ]] ======Who is God? ...====== Tuesday, June 21, 2011. Who is God? How is God? Some people even ask: is there a God? Good point, what God is there? we should ask. It is not just about a yes or no, but about a description of who God is and how to interact with him ... {{2011_06_21.jpg }} **How is God? ...** I could give you a lot of adjectives to describe God. He is loving. He is just. He is the truth. He is the creator of the universe, of animals and humans. He is the source of life and the end of life. Yes, God is truely fantastiac. But the question is: does it help you to have some general abstract description of God? If I have a girl friend, and I am really excited about her ... would it help you to know that she is blond and good looking and very joyful? Wouldn't it be much better to meet her yourself and see yourself? Beauty is best received when you see it. Joyfulness is best received when you experience it, not when it is described only! So one of the key points of learning about God is to get to know him yourself. There is no replacement for your own experiences. There is some part of theology which claims that God needs to be postulated, that experience cannot replace doctrine. That has a lot of truth behind it, but also one key error: God is a living being, which needs to be part, guidance and even center of your life. Doctrine alone will be dead, it needs the living experiences with the holy Lord! {{ 2011_06_21_2.jpg}} **How to experience HIM? ...** How to experience the Lord? Since he is a living being, all fixed rules will only be valid up to him willing to interact with you and you willing to interact with him! If you do not go and approach him, there will probably not being much of an interaction... So there are some things which are frequently suggested in the bible to interact with God. First: talk to him - in other words: pray. Prayer is talking and listening. It can be active, but also quiet. It means spending time in his presence, conscious time with him. The second key thing: trust in him. Live by putting faith into your plans, your actions, your words, into all you do. When you have faith, you will experience the presence and power of the eternal Lord in your life. Life with the Lord can be quite exciting ... giving us deeper insight into who the Lord was and is and will be! [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/doku.php/topics_collection_iii|... more texts]]