Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. - I Cor. 12:3
I wonder if "Jesus is Lord" may be a metaphor for "truth". As in, "no one can speak truth, except by the holy spirit". And that when we speak truth, it is the Holy Spirit working in us.
I have enjoyed the past little bit pondering this thought, that every time I speak truth, that it is the Holy Spirit in me, filling me with truth to speak out into this fallen world. That it is the Holy Spirit manifesting in me, commanding my mind, my heart, my tongue, and enabling me to speak words of Truth. Sometimes its Truth from the Word, and sometime's its other Truths. Such as me thinking to myself "I would rather follow the path of the Lord than make a million dollars a day", which is a thought I had just a few minutes ago. And I followed that one with "For the riches of this world will fade, but the rewards of my God will last forever. They are the only rewards worth seeking, the only rewards worthy of my time". I think the Bible says similar statements, but those statements were mine, in my own words, which led me to ponder if it was the Holy Spirit working in me that lead me to those statements, which lead me back to thinking that if the Holy Spirit was stating them, then it means they are true, and if they are true, then they are Truth...
I do think I need to be cautious though and not believe everything I say is truth, whatever I say must be compared to the Word of God, and if what the Bible says contradicts what I say, then what I have said must be disregarded and my statements reexamined and changed until they do reflect His word.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The immovable object
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever" (Hebrews 13:8)
I could paraphrase that verse till I was blue in the face. But it never really took root and produced any understanding in my heart. Whenever I felt like God was slipping away or had disappeared or wasn't where and when I expected Him to be, my attitude would be "Where did he go?". I now realize that was something akin to waking up and asking "Where did pikes peak go?".
Pikes Peak didn't go anywhere, it was my perspective that was wrong. I thought I was looking West when maybe I was looking south or east or north, or maybe up into the sky or down at my feet. In any case, pikes peak is where it has always been. Likewise, God is always where he has always been. It is us that looses sight of Him. He does not go and hide. However much we want to believe that is the case. In fact, I don't think God can hide at all, but that may be a debate for another day.
I imagine the cause of our "missing" God to be something like course corrections on a boat. We realize we are off course and make a correction, but over time we need to correct ourselves again as we drift off course -- maybe we corrected too much and went too far the other direction, or we corrected enough but slid off course again over time. Either way, our destination didn't move, we did. The amazing thing about God though, is that just as we know how to find Hawaii everytime we try to go there, we can find God again if we realize that we are the problem. Once we realize that, we can find out where we are, find out where we want to be, and make the corrections to get back to Him. I believe the enemy wants us to believe God hid from us and that we are the one's in the right. But last I checked, we almost never do something right. Only once we stop believing the lie that God moved and realize that it was us who moved can we then start making the steps to correct our course and again look upon His glorious being.
I find amazing comfort knowing that God "is the same yesterday, today, and forever" and that I never have to try to find an invisible being who is trying to hide from me. God gave us His word so that we can know exactly where He is and find Him as soon as we are ready to lose our old perspective, and truly find Him. And should we slip and lose sight, we can rest assured that He is still there waiting for us, just as he always has been, and always will be.
I could paraphrase that verse till I was blue in the face. But it never really took root and produced any understanding in my heart. Whenever I felt like God was slipping away or had disappeared or wasn't where and when I expected Him to be, my attitude would be "Where did he go?". I now realize that was something akin to waking up and asking "Where did pikes peak go?".
Pikes Peak didn't go anywhere, it was my perspective that was wrong. I thought I was looking West when maybe I was looking south or east or north, or maybe up into the sky or down at my feet. In any case, pikes peak is where it has always been. Likewise, God is always where he has always been. It is us that looses sight of Him. He does not go and hide. However much we want to believe that is the case. In fact, I don't think God can hide at all, but that may be a debate for another day.
I imagine the cause of our "missing" God to be something like course corrections on a boat. We realize we are off course and make a correction, but over time we need to correct ourselves again as we drift off course -- maybe we corrected too much and went too far the other direction, or we corrected enough but slid off course again over time. Either way, our destination didn't move, we did. The amazing thing about God though, is that just as we know how to find Hawaii everytime we try to go there, we can find God again if we realize that we are the problem. Once we realize that, we can find out where we are, find out where we want to be, and make the corrections to get back to Him. I believe the enemy wants us to believe God hid from us and that we are the one's in the right. But last I checked, we almost never do something right. Only once we stop believing the lie that God moved and realize that it was us who moved can we then start making the steps to correct our course and again look upon His glorious being.
I find amazing comfort knowing that God "is the same yesterday, today, and forever" and that I never have to try to find an invisible being who is trying to hide from me. God gave us His word so that we can know exactly where He is and find Him as soon as we are ready to lose our old perspective, and truly find Him. And should we slip and lose sight, we can rest assured that He is still there waiting for us, just as he always has been, and always will be.
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