Godโs Diverse, Delightful Ways
The soft fur of a kitten.
The sweetness of a luscious berry.
The melodic song of a bird.
These are three of the examples that Jeannine Hanger offers as evidence for the multi-sensory ways God helps us understand the world. In a recent article for CT, Hanger considers that these experiences may not only apply as we see, smell, touch, hear, or taste in our daily lives but as we read the Bible as well.
โYet here is the problem: We often limit ourselves to engaging with God through a text. Surely, the revelation of God as expressed in the Word is critical. But this revelation is much more than collections of letters on a page, accessed only by reading through sight or sound.โ
Hanger looks to the Gospels, where Jesus compares the kingdom of God to a dinner party and says that he, himself, is the bread of life. Our need for God is multi-sensory, and our access to his truth can be as well.
Whether we eat, drink, or read the Bible, may we do so with recognition that God made our sensory selves for his glory.
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