We accept the culture as is.
We are reluctant to challenge it.
Here is a thought I will throw out to you. Unafraid of what you might discover, read the
Bible every day. In fact, a further
thought: read through the Bible over and
over and over for the rest of your life.
We have only one Holy Bible, only one life.
You are living with the breath you are privileged to take in
day by day, the heartbeat you hardly think about (unless it begins to cause
trouble). All of this brings life and
thought and emotion and inspiration through the brain and the “spirit, soul and
body”. How does this work? When scientists begin to try to understand
and explain “inspiration” or “giftedness” or the “spirit” and “soul” as it is
in combination with the body, they are at a loss.
Why? We are created
in the image of God, the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Christians
are aware of the relationship of our inner being with Almighty God, Creator of
the heavens and the earth. He is also
Creator of the person you are, the complete person. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God and the Word was God. The
same was in the beginning with God. All
things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made.”
John 1:1-3.
The simple challenge is this: read and meditate on the Word. The Word of God that lives and abides forever. See what happens within your spirit and soul
and body. I promise you this: if you
read through the Bible, you will begin to be intimate with your Creator, Jesus. You will never be the same.
A caution: get a translation of the Bible (rather than an
interpretation, which may or may not be God’s Word). Just for a while, stop reading anything else,
anybody else. When you are listening to
a teacher or preacher in the Church, ask yourself, “Does this person challenge
me to draw near to the LORD? Is it what
I know the Holy Spirit says directly from Scripture?”
And then, stay in this mode until you experience the
Teacher, the Comforter, the Helper: your Creator.
Jesus quoted from the Old Testament, “It is written that man
shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God." (Deuteronomy 8:3; Luke 4:4)
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