Thursday, February 16,
2012
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“You search the
Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, it is these
that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may
have life” (John 5:39-40).
Hey
Gang: in the last gramps morning thoughts I shared the deep desire
of my heart is to sit at the feet of Jesus just as Mary did. I
asked the question of each of you “Have you ever had a yearning so deep that
it filled your every thought." I pray you have given that
question your undivided attention.
But those who know
me also know that I am not one who leaves unanswered questions lying dormant
in my dome of intellect. I do not believe God would have me seek
such an experience while here on earth without making provision for me to
have the desire of my heart fulfilled.
How many know that
God does indeed work in mysterious ways. I just happened to open a
book that I have been wading through to the chapter titled “The Undivided
Life” and I believe I have found God’s formula for sitting at the feet of
Jesus, even now while I am an earthbound homo-sapien.
Ortberg begins by
saying you can be a Bible attacker, where the challenge is to read through
the Bible from cover to cover. He warns that to be filled with the
knowledge about the Bible but to be unwashed by it, is worse than not knowing
it at all. It can give us a false sense of security.
Have you ever come
face to face with a Bible thumper who could quote Scriptures that fit
every subject but when one looks at the fruits of their lives?
There is a melt down between what they are saying and the fruits they
are producing in their lives.
Now hear me, he was
not putting down reading the Bible through or even reading large portions of
Scripture in rapid fire motion. But what he was saying is, speed
reading is not meditation on the Word and will not lead to growing in the
Lord. His suggestion, take a passage and first seek the Lord’s
guidance and wisdom to understand and grow in the Lord through that
passage. Ask Him, “Lord what do you want to say to me in
this moment?” Keep in mind the Bible is God’s love letter to His
children and, to get the depth out of what He is saying, we must consume it
like a love letter.
Keep in mind, the
goal is not to get through the Scriptures but to get the Scriptures through
us. The Psalmist says that sitting at the feet of Jesus comes to
the person who meditates on the law ‘day and night’ (Psa.
1:2). Keep in mind meditation is a slow process that requires allowing
God’s thoughts and words to seep deep into our souls.
Soooo friends and
neighbors, do you want to sit at the feet of
Jesus? Then “Be still and know that He is God” (Psa.
46:10). Remember, the word that God speaks to us can renew our
mind, but we must be silent and receive it.
Blessings, Gramps
Gramps
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