What is the main thing in life? I’ll admit I easily get sidetracked. Living in such a cool place and pursuing amazing sports as I do in triathlon, skimo and xc ski racing, there is a constant battle for my heart’s affection. But that main thing is knowing Christ. KNOWING CHRIST. That’s it. By far the most significant reason for our being created and put on this planet.
And central to this pursuit is the reading of the Bible. God’s word to us. Words of power, truth, revelations of who God is and promises to us, His kids.
In his book, “When I Don’t Desire God”, John Piper relates that the fundamental reason that the word of God is essential to joy in God is that God reveals Himself mainly by his word. In 1 Samuel 3.21, it says, “The Lord appeared,” but God was seen not with eyes in the head but with the eyes of the heart. It further says, “This happened by the word of the Lord.” So as the word was heard, the Lord was seen. In reading, there was seeing...the Lord was seen. And this is why reading of the Bible is so critical to our pursuit of God.
The first guy I ever mentored in my first ministry assignment at MI Tech was all star QB David Walters. I clearly remember him telling me about his new found faith and that it would be so much easier if God would just appear and in an audible voice show Himself. Since this was over 30 years ago my memory of my rookie ministry advice is a little hazy, but for sure I’d tell him this... God HAS appeared and clearly revealed Himself... let’s start reading!
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