Journey, an update from Rachelle Sperling 8-2-06
The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?" Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me." John 7:15-16a
I want to share with you a quote and some of my recent thoughts that relate to it.
"The Bible is not a book for the faint of heart - it is a book full of all the greed and glory and violence and tenderness and sex and betrayal that befits mankind. It is not a collection of pretty little anecdotes mouthed by pious little church mice - it does not so much nibble at our shoe leather as it cuts to the heart and splits the marrow from the bone. It dies not give us answers fitted to our small-minded questions, but truth that goes beyond what we even know to ask." Rich Mullins.
Are you ever surprised by what God says and how He speaks to a room full of people, but really He is speaking just to you? Are you ever amazed at how the Word that you have heard maybe a thousand times can go straight to your heart and penetrate the depth of your soul? I am amazed by the teaching of Jesus Christ and the whole counsel of the Word of God. It is like a mirror into my very soul, used to refine my life and make mold me into the woman that I long to be. And I am astounded when I see God take His Word and use it to change other people's lives as well as my own.
I was reminded this week of the power of the Word. The message it contains can change the life of the lowest of low who is so far gone that society doesn't even acknowledge his/her existence. And the truth it reveals can change the life of the person who appears to have it all together but is trapped by the mask of success that they wear. It is the message that gives hope to the broken and joy to the rescued. It is God's gift to us and I urge you, even as I remind myself, that if we will seek God in the pages of His Word then He will meet us there.
The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?" Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me." John 7:15-16a
I want to share with you a quote and some of my recent thoughts that relate to it.
"The Bible is not a book for the faint of heart - it is a book full of all the greed and glory and violence and tenderness and sex and betrayal that befits mankind. It is not a collection of pretty little anecdotes mouthed by pious little church mice - it does not so much nibble at our shoe leather as it cuts to the heart and splits the marrow from the bone. It dies not give us answers fitted to our small-minded questions, but truth that goes beyond what we even know to ask." Rich Mullins.
Are you ever surprised by what God says and how He speaks to a room full of people, but really He is speaking just to you? Are you ever amazed at how the Word that you have heard maybe a thousand times can go straight to your heart and penetrate the depth of your soul? I am amazed by the teaching of Jesus Christ and the whole counsel of the Word of God. It is like a mirror into my very soul, used to refine my life and make mold me into the woman that I long to be. And I am astounded when I see God take His Word and use it to change other people's lives as well as my own.
I was reminded this week of the power of the Word. The message it contains can change the life of the lowest of low who is so far gone that society doesn't even acknowledge his/her existence. And the truth it reveals can change the life of the person who appears to have it all together but is trapped by the mask of success that they wear. It is the message that gives hope to the broken and joy to the rescued. It is God's gift to us and I urge you, even as I remind myself, that if we will seek God in the pages of His Word then He will meet us there.
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