The ultimate goal of the human soul is to find peace. We’re all doing it all of the time, and a careful analysis of one’s life will show this statement to be true.
The search for truth is ultimately driven by the fact that once we find it we will have peace, that we will have knowledge and understand the purpose of everything – and in that sublime state we shall find rest.
However, the source of this peace is perceived as somewhat elusive, after all, thousands of generations across thousands cultures have all offered a solution to this quest in one form or another.
It was along these lines that I have started to read the Bible. To try an understand what ‘point of view’ the author(s) offered on this topic. I have found profound truth within the pages of that book … to sum it up in a sentence …..
2 Peter 1:2
Grace to you, and peace be multiplied by a full knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.
This particular tract of scripture was a revelation to me. I had to re-read it to absorb the impact. Basically what Peter is saying is that peace is acheived through the knowledge of God. And as I sat back and let the revelation slowly work within me it became obvious that this was indeed something that mankind had been doing throughout the ages in the form of many religions and faiths. It seemed to be understood that true meaning, purpose and peace could only be acheived through an intimate knowledge of our creator.
I am reminded of the countless stories I have heard about adopted children who feel the need to track down and know/understand their true parents, their true identity and origin and seem to only have inner peace of a sort when they have expended suffiicient energy in persuing this endeavour. So why should we, created beings, with a spirital heritage be any different?
Once I started to read the scriptures through the understanding that they were ultimately teaching us about God, many things started to fit into place. What was the ‘Gospel’ that Christ was teaching? He didn’t seem to harp on about the crucifixion story too much in the presence of the crowds and whenever he did mention it it seemed to be in some sort of code which would be deciphered after his death – and yet he taught and spoke to many people in many situations. So what was he on about? I think that he was trying to bring them ‘knowledge of God’ and that was how he could claim to offer a ‘peace which passes all understanding’. Philippians 4:6-7
If peace, as Peter suggests, comes from a knowledge of God, and Christ could offer the ulimate insight into God himself, then Christ truely could offer a peace that no one could comprehend.
So herewith starts my journey. As my name suggests I am a seeker of deep understanding and truth. May God be with me on every step as I endevour to increase my understanding of who he really is.
God Bless
Ontologist
