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The Man & Minutia...

Have you ever heard the old saying "Can't see the forest for the trees"? That's what comes to my mind every time I hear about people arguing over the details of scripture. I'm not an establishment trained bible scholar, so perhaps I lack the ability to appreciate the savor of their arguments, but I know the sweet savor of the Spirit of our God in His word and that to me is the point of the gift of it ... that we come to know HIM. The rest to me - their arguments, tends to reek of intellectual pride and focuses away from the sweet spirit of the overall message. 

Again, keep in mind that I lack officious institutional training so I speak from my own understanding, but my heart and search for more of Him are true and longstanding. Both lead me to appreciate the terror of His unimaginable power, the depth of His love, the perfection of His righteousness and justice, and the mercy and kindness of His offer of grace to far lessor, fallible and failing creatures. Completely Holy and untainted by the weaknesses of mankind, our God suffers Himself to desire the company of the spirits that He created for His own good pleasure and offers them redemption at a terrible price that He paid for at His own suffering.

The minutia I'll leave to those unable to resist the temptation to argue, while I revel in the glory of the One who makes such unimaginable gesture as to desire and to redeem from prostitution to other things, those He intended for Himself from before He formed them in their mother's womb. I know in my heart that He created us to be eternal spirits in His company while we find ourselves so often tempted to focus inward to the limitations of time in this life instead of continually seeing our place in eternity as was His intention from the beginning. Time itself is so limited, but God's intention for us has always been eternal and beyond time - we must see that.

Those things that my limited understanding may not comprehend or see clearly in my current form, I find the need to trust God to either reveal to me by His Spirit, make known to me when I pass from this place to the next, or to keep for His own purposes forever hidden, as is His right - while my faith and my trust are firmly embedded in the heart of Him, my Creator, Forever God and Redeemer.

I firmly believe that the word of God given to mankind, is a revelation of Himself to those He desires, a love letter and entreaties to those that He created for Himself - an invitation to become forever His own by choosing Him as their eternal and intimate Lord. To seek Him out, understand Him as He allows and engage His courtship in this moment we call life, is merely the threshold to eternity - the life He truly intended from our beginning, in His presence as His own. It requires no argument, only complete trust and obedience, and the revelation of the Holy Spirit in those things we need to know in order to accept His invitation. He will see to the rest as we choose to focus on engaging with Him and learn to trust Him completely. 

I find myself wondering if to argue over the details of the invitation might appear unseemly to the One who made the offer of it and I'm not offering knowing arrogance here, only humble and true concern. 


“And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul." Deuteronomy 10:12 (NLT)

"No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8 (NLT)


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