Yesterday and today, one fact has been echoing in my head. Am I in a relationship with Christ looking into scripture to find truth, rebuke, correction, teaching or am I reading to find a sympathetic God who helps me with my problems and situations of life.
This thought is convicting because I know that although I would like to say I strive for first notion I presented I know that would be a lie. The holy scripture does help me with my current situation and always provides exactly what I need, but that cannot be my sole reason for wanting to get into the word.
This has been brought to my attention beccause I started to read through the Bible and I am now at the book of Leviticus. And honestly, the majority of the the rout processs that are accoumpained by the law and bringing sacrifices do not apply to me anymore. So reading a book that does not apply to me does not seem beneficial and I find myself skimming until I can grasp hold on something that is relevant to myself.
This attitude is something that I believe has influenced mainstream Christianity at the very heart and flows through the blood stream to everyone who reads. Are we really treating the word of God as profitable? Cause if we were we would understand that ALL of the Bible is useful. We would see that Jesus quoted scripture from the Old Testament over and over again. Scripture breathes new life into us and gives us new direction every time we get into it, but the Holy Spirit must be the illumination. With out him. we are lost and looking for answers for only the problems that are at hand and not the bigger picture of what God is trying to tell us.
Let the scripture speak for its self. Read, Record and Reflect. This process must be complete or we are simply treating God as our car. We only need it when we need to get somewhere.
