God At the Source of All

I want to explain what I think it means to define God.  In the largest sense, defining God is the process of trying to understand the creation and all that is in it.  Defining God is the process of finding ways  to interpret the meaning of human life and the spiritual nature of humanity.  Defining God involves discovering and understanding His nature, His identity, His character, and all that He is.

Nearly every process of human curiosity and discovery is somehow related to defining God.  Science seeks natural explanations for the natural world.  Psychology seeks to find the sources of human behavior and explain them in secular terms.   Medical Science seeks to understand and treat the disease and discomfort that play havoc with our physical body.  Astronomers peer into space to find origins and beginnings.  Biologists and archeologists seek connections to man through ancient animals and prehistoric goo from millenniums past.  Religion tries to explain and meld the natural world, the universe and the spiritual into cogent systems of belief and practice.   At the root of all these things is one reality:  God.

What we believe or disbelieve about God and religion are the most influential truths or lies a human being imports into their Body of Truth.  They are the truths of all truths.  They are the foundational truths of our existence and every other truth or lie we accept must be consistent with what we either believe or do not believe about God.  It is either the presence of God or the absence of God  that becomes the foundational rudder of our existence in this world and the next.  God has set eternity in the hearts of men and we labor to understand what it means.

“…He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.  Ecc 3:11  (Amplified Bible)