"I CANNOT ATTAIN IT!"

Psalms 139:1-6                     (ESV)

"1 O LORD, you have searched me and known me! 

2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 

3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 

4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. 

5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. 

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; "I CANNOT ATTAIN IT".

When one REALLY takes time to deeply ponder just WHO GOD really is, how loving and caring HE is, how HE supplies all our needs and how much we owe our very existence to HIM, it it almost too encompassing too imagine!  David wrote in Psalms 139 that The LORD had searched him and knew him, that The LORD even discerned his thoughts from long before he even had the thoughts!  

In my younger years, I tried to emulate my grandfather.  My desire was to be as respected as he was, be as giving as he was, be as just as is he was.  Fifteen years after his going to his eternal reward, some of my family was discussing my grandfather's life.  They brought up some NOT SO flattering aspects of his personality that I was uncomfortable discussing.  It seems my grandfather was imperfect, a flawed man!  And my perception of him may have been skewed by my love for him?

How much do we really know about GOD?  In studying just WHO GOD is I came across this statement " I am reminded of the words of Daniel in Daniel 11:32b, “… but the people who KNOW their GOD will display strength and take action.” This is not just the knowledge about GOD, but the knowledge of GOD."  My desire is to not only know about GOD, but to KNOW GOD and to emulate HIS character in every aspect of my life!  Another phrase in my study said "an infinite GOD is more than the sum total of the qualities we find assigned to HIM in Scripture".  As perfect as the Holy Bible is, it cannot encapsulate, or limit, the power of GOD by using human words in describing HIM......."I CANNOT ATTAIN IT!"

While it is true my grandfather was less than perfect, it is also true he was, in my humble opinion, better than most I have been exposed to.  However, that I tried to emulate "grandpa" may have been a little short-sighted!  To reflect imperfection is to have our eyes on something other than JESUS CHRIST!  Even though "I CANNOT ATTAIN IT", emulating HIS life is what my desire should be.