Paul asked the question. I’ve asked the question and I bet you have to. What IF the God that we’ve created, think we know, does not exist? Then we’re relly miserable people aren’t we. We pay tithes(some do), we sacrifice weekends, and we don’t do all those things that the world does (but we’d like to) and for what? There’s no heaven? No after life? Bummer!
Ahh, but doesn’t the Bible say that eternal life is knowing Jesus? Can’t we do that NOW?
And why have so many Christians put the emphasis on spirituality into another life? Isn’t walking the life of a follower of Jesus done in the nasty-now-and now? What do we do with the statement that once we have “defined God” we’ve assured ourselves that we really don’t know Him at all?
Have you ever asked yourself if there isn’t more to the Christian life than being active in a local church (however one defines that) and affirming a set of beliefs or adopting set behavior patterns (no dancing or chewing tobacco)? How about pleading with God to help us be filled with the fullness of God like Paul did in Ephesians 3:19?
If we really know God, or think we do, shouldn’t our prayers be that His will be done in our lives? So much of the Christian life, if you can ever step out of it and observe for a season, is about trying to get God to do things for us. Help me get a job, send me someone to love, heal my toe, and give me a parking space close to the entrance of the mall. There have been so many times that I’ve felt I’ve figured God out only to find out I hadn’t.
Anymore I just try to enjoy Him. It’s not that hard to do. 
I only know this. God is love and therefore He loves me. That doesn’t mean I’m not interested in knowing everything about Him that I can, but that it’s all right to not have the answers. I just want to be used by Him in wahtever way He sees fit. My ego hates that with a passion. And there are moments I agree with me.
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