Kate Butt up in this grill.. Let me take it back in time a little.
The ideals that put the Age of Enlightenment into motion started with the latin phrase, sapere aude, meaning " dare to know". Dare to know. In a world where information was fed by the aristocrats and nobles, the kings and queens, and the Roman Catholic church, it was hard for the average Joe Schmoe to grasp true knowledge. Dare to know. These philosophs– those who wrote during the Enlightenment– had a strong understanding of this phrase. They dug deeper to find out what really was going down– they studied sciences, politics, and so on. They weren't afraid to go up against what the world was feeding them to figure things out on their own.
Dare to know. Think about that. Knowledge is endless. There is no limit to it. How can we simply be content with the knowledge we have now, when there is an unlimited amount out there. I personally have made it a goal of mine to hold myself to a higher standard than those who just go through life aimlessly trusting and believing everything they hear. It is very important to formulate my own ideas in life. I think that this theme, sapere aude, should not only be applied to our everyday life, but to our spiritual life, as well.
I think a lot of us don't want to admit it, but we've allowed our spiritual lives to become just like those before the Enlightenment. We're spoon-fed everything. We sit in sunday morning service, wednesday night service, or small group, and we just listen and then leave. It's routine; it's mechanical. We listen, we agree, and we believe. We believe all of this, without knowing for ourselves. We have become so lackadaisical with our spiritual life, that we've allowed to be fed solely by our pastors and youth pastors or professors or small group leaders. What we learn during a sunday or a wednesday, or whatever, is a supplement for us. It supplements OUR time with God. It is not there to replace our quiet time. We have been fed this information about our God and our faith and we talk about it as if we KNOW it. But in all reality, we don't unless we search it out ourselves. Dare to know. Dare to know our God. Dare to know our faith. For yourself.
On top of that, I think of it this way, our God is an amazing dude. He's pretty sweet. But He's a mysterious guy. There is so much information given to us in that one book, the Bible, about who He is, what kind of qualities He holds, and how much He loves us. But there is so much that is unrevealed. And it's our job to search that out. God is limitless. His qualities are not finite. He is un-quantitative. Perfect knowledge of Him is intangible. He stands outside the bounds of time and knowledge. Just the thought of God's power alone is just enough to make me sit in awe. It is the perfect opportunity for us to delve into that endless knowledge.
It is us, who have to dare to know God. Dare to understand as much as we can about Him. Dare to have a relationship with Him. Dare to know. If we don't dare to know Him and seek Him, how can others? It takes one person to truthfully seek and dare to know God and it will show. Innovation is change; change is good. People see change, they can't deny it. Start a movement that no one can stop.
Shalom. =]
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