WHAT FOR?
Friday, August 18, 2017
Isaiah 50:4 The Lord
God has given me the tongue of the learned that I should know how to speak a
word in season to him that is weary: He wakens morning by morning, He wakens my
ear to hear as the learned [1Corinthians chapter 13]
The 5 years, age
9-14, I lived on Meadow Lane were wonderful. The occasional neighbor’s home
shingled in multi-colors gleaned free from a local roofing company scrapyard
wasn’t the only thing mixed. There were numerous other multigenerational
families like ours. Some of the grandparents were from Italy, Germany, and Greece.
Boyhood invitations to meals were often hoped for. Watching pro wrestling with
Grandfather Perseghin I learned to curse in Italian, he thinking we didn’t
understand. But there were other differences in speech. One I awoke thinking
about this morning was the neighbor never querying with “Why”, always with “What
for?” As a child I thought it uneducated and funny. Somewhere along my lifeline
this changed to seeing him as a very wise insightful man interested in us, very
much involving the patience part of love.
Today’s awakening
pillow question “What for do you write Daily Thoughts? Results?”
Hmmm …. What’s
wrong with writing for results? Number one it is not Christ-like primary
motivation.
Why did Jesus
come, for results?
Jesus was not
motivated by hoped for results. He plainly explained He was sent to manifest
the will of the Father. (Jn.5:30; Mt.26:42; Mk.14:36)
As so it should
be for those of us claiming to be His followers. (Mt.6:9-10; 7:21; 10:32-33; 12:50;
Lk.11:2)
So, what for
should you and I tell others of God’s freely offered gift of redemption? A
reason, indeed yes, but not the ultimate family purpose.
EBB4
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