July 23, 2005
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If Jesus is walking and you’re standing still, what’s happening?
As I reflect on this thought and on a post by my friend Jason, a “focus” is reaffirmed in my heart. Learning about God, learning about Christ, learning about the history of the church and of our faith is nothing if we aren’t learning to know God, to know Christ. The Scriptures give us the capacity to hear God’s voice! We can hear God speak through the Scriptures! Just knowing what they say means very little as compared to knowing what God is saying to us. I know for a fact that as I read God’s Word TO LISTEN to the Father, TO LISTEN to Christ……I hear Christ speaking to me, filling me with His wisdom and love…..and I want to know more…He is our creator, our Father! I want to know my Father!
It’s just like my dad, my mom, my wife and my children…..simply knowing their history, where they lived, what they did, what they said, is nothing, actually, it’s a shallow sort of feeling….but what IS something is knowing WHO they are, knowing their heart, talking to them, listening to them, spending time with them, and feeling their love and closness through the relationship we share!
If Jesus is walking and I’m standing still……what’s happening? Knowing Christ, knowing God, without OBEDIENCE….is just knowing ABOUT God. The scriptures without OBEDIENCE don’t produce change. With OBEDIENCE….I discover truths! I have discoverd a joy that wasn’t there before. I can’t wait to walk, and talk, and listen and walk……..I don’t want to stand still! I want to walk…..and I want others to discover the joy of walking (obedience). In this busy world, this hustle bustle that goes on in our lives, we don’t get the chance to see the detail. We’re allways rushing off, in a car, in a plane, and all the beauty, all the detail is a blur and it just whizzes by,……but if we WALK……we see the beauty in the detail of life, our relationship grows because we take the time to listen, to be apart of, to interact with God…and our relationship grows stronger…….our eyes are opened to beauty, our hearts are opened to others…..and we feel the strong relational pull of the Father, pulling us closer to him….closer to His arms, His embrace of our lives and a sharing of His heart. We FEEL His love.
So, if Jesus is walking and you’re standing still……what’s happening?
Comments (1)
Amen! Amen! Amen! I t reminds me of one of my favorite songs and one I often sing as a prayer. Where He leads I will follow, Where He leads I will go. He has called me, I will answer, Lead me Lord I will go.