Theology I Learned from My Cat: Drawing Near to an Infinite God

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Boaz and the Tablet

As I was seeking the Lord one morning, Boaz came up to my tablet and watched with curiosity as I spoke notes into it. He looked at the screen, watched me talk, and seemed genuinely interested in what was happening. From his point of view, that little tablet probably looked like some kind of miracle.

I began to wonder how much he understood. He knows some words. He knows his name. He knows "no," and he probably has a pretty good sense of when he is being called a good boy. But when I was speaking thoughts into that tablet, watching words appear on a screen, I am pretty sure Boaz did not understand even a tiny fraction of what was actually going on.

Still, he was curious. He wanted to be near me. And that got me thinking.

How often are we like that with God? We come close, but we only understand a small part of what He is doing. We see a piece of the screen, hear a word or two, recognize something familiar, and then assume we have the whole picture. But we are finite. God is infinite. There is no way around that.

A Finite Mind Before an Infinite God

The more I thought about Boaz staring at that tablet, the more I thought about how limited our understanding really is. We can learn, study, pray, fast, read Scripture, and listen for the Holy Spirit, and we should do all of those things. But even after all that, we are still creatures trying to understand the Creator.

God says it plainly:

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD." (Isaiah 55:8 KJV)

That verse is not an excuse for spiritual laziness. It is a reminder of humility. We can know God because He reveals Himself, but we do not master Him like a subject in school. We do not put God under a microscope and announce that we have figured Him out.

Boaz could sit next to me and watch me use the tablet, but he could not understand the technology, the language, the software, the microphone, the screen, or the thoughts behind the words. Yet he still did something right. He came close.

That is where theology begins: not with pride, but with nearness.

God Wrote on Tablets

Then I thought about Moses. The Bible says:

"And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God." (Exodus 31:18 KJV)

God wrote on tablets long before I was speaking into one.

That thought hit me. The God who spoke the world into existence also stooped low enough to write commandments on stone in a language mankind could receive. He did not have to do that. He could have remained distant, mysterious, and unreachable. Instead, He revealed Himself. He spoke. He wrote. He gave His Word.

This is one of the great miracles of Scripture. The infinite God communicates with finite man. He gives us truth in a form we can hold, read, memorize, meditate on, and obey.

Just like Boaz could not fully grasp what I was doing with the tablet, we do not fully grasp the depths of what God is doing when He speaks. But He still invites us close enough to listen.

The Mystery Hidden in Plain Sight

It took mankind thousands of years to discover DNA. Think about that. The code of life was there all along, written into creation, but we did not have eyes to understand it yet. We were living inside a miracle before we knew how to describe it.

David wrote:

"I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made..." (Psalm 139:14 KJV)

He did not need a microscope to worship. He knew enough to be amazed. Today we know more about cells, DNA, and the complexity of life, but that knowledge should not make us less worshipful. It should make us more worshipful.

The danger of knowledge is pride. The blessing of knowledge is wonder. When we learn something new about creation, it should not push us away from God. It should make us say, "Lord, You were greater than I realized."

Boaz did not understand the tablet, but he was drawn near by curiosity. Maybe we need some of that. Not childish foolishness, but childlike wonder.

Curious Enough to Draw Near

Here is the part that stayed with me: Boaz wanted to be near me even though he did not understand everything I was doing. He did not back away because the tablet was beyond him. He leaned in.

That may be a better picture of faith than we realize.

We do not need to understand everything about God before we draw near to Him. We draw near because He is good, because He has spoken, because He has revealed Himself through Jesus Christ, and because the Holy Spirit keeps inviting us deeper.

James says:

"Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you." (James 4:8 KJV)

That is simple, but it is not shallow. Draw near. Come close. Stay curious. Keep listening. Keep reading. Keep asking. Keep seeking. Not with an arrogant demand that God explain Himself on our terms, but with the humility of someone who knows there is more to Him than we currently understand.

Action Items

If this little moment with Boaz speaks to you, do something with it.

  1. Read Exodus 31:18 and think about the miracle of God writing to mankind in a way we could receive.
  2. Spend time with Scripture today without rushing to "use" it for something. Sit with the Word and let it draw you nearer to God.
  3. Ask the Lord where you have become too familiar, too casual, or too certain in a way that has killed your wonder.
  4. Let creation stir worship again. Whether it is DNA, a cat watching a tablet, or the complexity of your own body, let the works of God lead you back to awe.
  5. Practice drawing near even when you do not understand everything. Curiosity and humility are better than cold religious certainty.

Final Thought

Boaz probably understood only a tiny part of what was happening that morning, but he wanted to be close. That is the theology I learned from my cat.

We may not understand everything God is doing. We may only grasp a small percentage of His ways. But if we are curious about God, if we long to be near Him, and if we keep drawing close to His Word and His presence, we are in a good place.

The finite mind may never fully comprehend the infinite God, but the infinite God has invited us near through Jesus Christ.

Dig deeper and go higher.

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