Devotional: The Shoreline of Wonder

If you wished to search for driftwood or seashells or sea glass, you would do well to visit the coast at the point where the beaches are longest, for the longer the shoreline, the greater the likelihood of finding what you seek. And in Ralph Sockman’s metaphor, the likelihood of finding delight in God is directly proportional to our knowledge of God: “The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.” If we know little about God, there is little to spark awe within us. But if we know much about God, we will inevitably find much that causes us to marvel at who he is. This puts on each of us the responsibility to know God as he is, to study what he has revealed of himself through nature—where “the heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” (Psalm 19:1) —and what he has revealed of himself through the Bible—where we learn that “the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart” (Psalm 19:8). To know God is to delight in God, and to know God more is to delight in God more, for the scope of our wonder depends upon the span of our knowledge. Challies, Tim. "Works & Wonders (April 5)." Challies, 5 Apr., https://www.challies.com/articles/works-wonders-april-5/.