Well I was reading "The Pursuit of God" by A.W. Tozer this after when he said something that really struck me.
"We Christians are in real danger of losing God amid the wonders of His Word. We have almost forgotten that God is a Person and, as such, can be cultivated as any person can. It is inherent in personality to be able to know other personalities, but full knowledge of one personality by another cannot be achieved in one encounter (26)."
It is so interesting to think that to get to know someone better I usually will spend time with them, talk with them, listen to what they have to say. Yet when it comes to me getting to know God better, I like to adjust charts about how he loves me, and create a list about his omniscience, or create another unworthy comparison about the trinity and then realize it is still really confusing. Looking at my prayers they do not reflect the fact that I am communicating with a personality, but perhaps some calculating robot. My prayers recently have simply been reflecting some cold hard knowledge of Him, and instead of being real with my own struggles and faults I come forward with some analytic confession, with folded hands and a bended knee, yet lacking any heart of repentance. My prayers do not reflect the way I communicate in real life, as if I say someone's name ever 3rd word when I talk to a them, like when I talk to God. I look for growth and an increased love for God without prayer and without listenting to His word. Without communicating...
God is a person, a personality, personal. How could I have forgotten.
If I want to learn more about my parents I don't stand by and analyze them, record how they respond to situations, and the formulate it. I talk, interact with them, listen and respond to what they have to say. My interactions with God must be personal, because he has established a personal relationship with me.
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