How you doin? A
late start today because I'm crazy. Crazy in love with Jesus. I'm not
sure where this is going today. We read Luke 16 today. This chapter
tells 2 of the most confusing stories in the Bible. For me at least. The
parable of the shrewd manager and the rich man & Lazarus. I will be
praying for understanding of these stories. It may be because I'm so
preoccupied with what happen Sat. morning... "Jesus Came To Breakfast". I
can't stop thinking about Jesus and how much He loves me. When I think
or reflect on what I saw... all I come with is, "He was SO beautiful and
He loves me". I'm trying to receive the comfort spoken of in 2
Corinthians 1:3-11, all the time. Right now I can't think about much
other then my visitation. I did read a devotional that I receive from
Ravi Zacharias on Mon 8/19 that was AWESOME!!!!!!! It was titled,
"Unsearchable Things", written by Jill Carattini.
"Common is the sentiment among recent college graduates that they went in feeling like they knew something, and leave realizing, in fact, how little they know."
Jill starts her email with this statement. I love it. My main man G.B. says, "I thought I knew, I thought I knew, and then I found out".
"In the stories of Scripture where God is encountered, we find men and women who, having come in contact God, find themselves blown away by the notion that they didn’t know all that they didn’t know. As Jacob lay dreaming, he saw God appear above a great ladder where God was introduced as the God of his ancestors. Upon waking, Jacob’s his first words were filled with astonishment: “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”(Genesis 28:16 ) Hagar, the maidservant of Sarah, had a similar reaction after she encountered God in the desert. Having run away from Sarah’s abuse, Hagar was resting beside a spring when God spoke to her and told her to return. We read that she was amazed: “And she gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the one who sees me.’” (Genesis 16:13)
"Common is the sentiment among recent college graduates that they went in feeling like they knew something, and leave realizing, in fact, how little they know."
Jill starts her email with this statement. I love it. My main man G.B. says, "I thought I knew, I thought I knew, and then I found out".
"In the stories of Scripture where God is encountered, we find men and women who, having come in contact God, find themselves blown away by the notion that they didn’t know all that they didn’t know. As Jacob lay dreaming, he saw God appear above a great ladder where God was introduced as the God of his ancestors. Upon waking, Jacob’s his first words were filled with astonishment: “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it.”(Genesis 28:16 ) Hagar, the maidservant of Sarah, had a similar reaction after she encountered God in the desert. Having run away from Sarah’s abuse, Hagar was resting beside a spring when God spoke to her and told her to return. We read that she was amazed: “And she gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the one who sees me.’” (Genesis 16:13)
I love how Jill words the Biblical response of those who encountered God. I love the Bible verses as well.
Christianity and its stories introduce a God who makes known God’s surprising presence again and again, a God whose revelation is both piecemeal and profound. “O LORD,” proclaims David, “for your servant’s sake and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. There is none like you, O LORD, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.”(1 Chronicles 17:19,20) God is well worth our efforts in learning to see. Whether in Jacob’s dream or in Hagar’s distress, God seeks to be known and seeks to gather. The Spirit seeks to surprise and comfort. The Son seeks to be near. Says the LORD, “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”(Jeremiah 33:3)
CChristianity and its stories introduce a God who makes known God’s surprising presence again and again, a God whose revelation is both piecemeal and profound. “O LORD,” proclaims David, “for your servant’s sake and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. There is none like you, O LORD, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.”(1 Chronicles 17:19,20) God is well worth our efforts in learning to see. Whether in Jacob’s dream or in Hagar’s distress, God seeks to be known and seeks to gather. The Spirit seeks to surprise and comfort. The Son seeks to be near. Says the LORD, “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.”(Jeremiah 33:3)
OME ON!!!!!!! God stands in the middle of whatever road we're on to make sure He's seen. RAD!!!!!!!
There is something relieving in knowing that there is much that
we do not know. It keeps us grounded in reality. It keeps us with a
grateful eye toward things of mystery and beauty and kindness. It keeps
us looking to the one who wills to be known.Confronting the reality of all that he did not know brought Job to a deeper certainty of God and himself. “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you,” he said. There is no more grateful, honest cry before the God who sees.
know there's a considerable amount of plagiarism going on here, but I
did just see Jesus 4 days ago. I highly recommend the daily devotional,
"A Slice Of Infinity", from Ravi Zacharias International Ministries.
K
eep your ears, eyes, and mind open today.
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