“Why, that’s very strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don’t know anything about him! Well, God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will. Never since the world began has anyone been able to open the eyes of someone born blind. If this man were not from God, he couldn’t do it.”

John 9:30-33

This is my favorite story in all the gospels, mainly because it pits the scribes, stuck in the intellect of faith, with a man who had experienced grace firsthand.  To me it serves as a constant reminder that, as much as I love diving deeper in my knowledge of God’s scripture and faith, it is the experience with God that truly transforms hearts.  God does want us to know him better, but if we just know Him and do not seek to experience Him, then we will never understand fully what we know.  There is a great difference between having our faith in our minds and letting Jesus reside in our hearts.  We can get so caught up in the things of faith that we fail to see God at work around us.  Jesus’ desire for us is not that we would know all about Him but fail to experience His grace.  We must be careful that our study of God’s word isn’t feeding our minds only, but also effecting our hearts as we seek to live out faith in Jesus Christ.