Our Finite, GOD'S Infinite Mind

Our Finite, GOD'S Infinite Mind by John W. Ritenbaugh

Deuteronomy 6:4
(4) "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!

Malachi 3:6
(6) "For I am the LORD, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.

Romans 11:29
(29) For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Hebrews 1:12
(12) Like a cloak You will fold them up, And they will be changed.
But You are the same, And Your years will not fail."

Hebrews 13:8
(8) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

God's mind is absolutely undivided. In practical application, this means that His sovereignty can never be separated from His love; His grace cannot be separated from His omniscience; His judgment cannot be separated from either His mercy or His wrath. God is absolutely constant because His faithful providence cannot be separated from any other of His attributes.

God is whole and complete. Under every circumstance, He is never confused or uncertain about what to do. He is always headed in the same direction, which is to complete His purpose.

It is absolutely impossible for Him to do anything that is not wise and at the same time loving. It is He who tells us how to live and how to be like Him. What God is has awesome ramifications for us because we are so different, and He wants us to be like Him, to be one with Him, to be whole, to be complete, to be undivided in mind as He is.

There are problems here because becoming this way requires a measure of cooperation from us. Compared to God, our mind is all over the place, and thus we are easily distracted from our focus.

The more we keep our eyes upon Him, the better able we will be to be like Him. If our focus is upon temporal things, that distraction will keep us from ever having the mind of Christ.

How willing are you, how willing am I, to desire to see as He sees and to be steadfast for the right as He is?