Job 34:4 Let us discern for ourselves what is right;
let us learn together what is good.
You've heard it said that you have to stand for something or you will fall for anything. You've heard it before, now where do you stand. What do you stand for. What would it take to move you?
The idea of having a testimony in Christ is so other people can see Him in you. But how much do you know about Christ though. In this relationship I have with J, I have to admit that sometimes I take for granted that His love is limitless that I don't do enough to make myself deserving. And as in any relationship the only way you can love someone the way they want to be loved is to get to know them. Not until recently has it ever occurred to me that I know only the bare basics about Jesus, and though it is enough to make me love Him, is it strong enough a foundation for solid, unshakable conviction? Because you know before its put to the test its like an opinion, its only conviction when its stood the trial. I had this conversation where things that I know but have never connected to anything were seemingly discrediting my beliefs, making me look like a simp for blindly following things I do not understand. To say that my eyes where opened would simply be the tip of the iceberg. I had my eyes open wide, I had all this information but had no context. You know God says my people perish because of a lack of knowledge... i wonder what He would say about me. The bible also says he who seeks knowledge finds wisdom. And this is what hit me. when it came to the bible, I knew the stories( because they are A-May-zeeing) and I knew the quotable verses but not much else. Pretty much all the rudimentary knowledge anyone with a casual knowledge of the bible would know. So much so that after faced with tough questions my faith was a little bit shaken. Don't get me wrong, and no offense but I think anything outside christianity is just not for me. But after that episode of stuttering and fumbling through the scriptures and momentarily wondering if this too was just another big conspiracy I decided that I need to know. Not only what's in the bible but what has happened to the bible over the ages, what is happening now and how everyone else see it. I need to understand, then if anyone should ask I will know what to say. For It is one thing to doggedly pursue my testimony and have to explain to people that this miracle would not have been possible without Jesus, its another to have people see the miracle and know it couldn't have happened without Jesus.
So part 4 of the pursuit is to know God inside out. Because you become what you behold. So I want to know Him until He is all I behold.
...So help me God...
let us learn together what is good.
You've heard it said that you have to stand for something or you will fall for anything. You've heard it before, now where do you stand. What do you stand for. What would it take to move you?
The idea of having a testimony in Christ is so other people can see Him in you. But how much do you know about Christ though. In this relationship I have with J, I have to admit that sometimes I take for granted that His love is limitless that I don't do enough to make myself deserving. And as in any relationship the only way you can love someone the way they want to be loved is to get to know them. Not until recently has it ever occurred to me that I know only the bare basics about Jesus, and though it is enough to make me love Him, is it strong enough a foundation for solid, unshakable conviction? Because you know before its put to the test its like an opinion, its only conviction when its stood the trial. I had this conversation where things that I know but have never connected to anything were seemingly discrediting my beliefs, making me look like a simp for blindly following things I do not understand. To say that my eyes where opened would simply be the tip of the iceberg. I had my eyes open wide, I had all this information but had no context. You know God says my people perish because of a lack of knowledge... i wonder what He would say about me. The bible also says he who seeks knowledge finds wisdom. And this is what hit me. when it came to the bible, I knew the stories( because they are A-May-zeeing) and I knew the quotable verses but not much else. Pretty much all the rudimentary knowledge anyone with a casual knowledge of the bible would know. So much so that after faced with tough questions my faith was a little bit shaken. Don't get me wrong, and no offense but I think anything outside christianity is just not for me. But after that episode of stuttering and fumbling through the scriptures and momentarily wondering if this too was just another big conspiracy I decided that I need to know. Not only what's in the bible but what has happened to the bible over the ages, what is happening now and how everyone else see it. I need to understand, then if anyone should ask I will know what to say. For It is one thing to doggedly pursue my testimony and have to explain to people that this miracle would not have been possible without Jesus, its another to have people see the miracle and know it couldn't have happened without Jesus.
So part 4 of the pursuit is to know God inside out. Because you become what you behold. So I want to know Him until He is all I behold.
...So help me God...
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