FOUR QUESTIONS

FOUR QUESTIONS

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Matthew MKJV 16:13-15 And coming into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked His disciples, saying, Who do men say Me to be, the Son of Man? 14 And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. 15 He said to them, But who do you say I am?

  Awoke with four questions plain on my mind’s chalkboard:

1.     What do you think of God?

2.     What do you think of Jesus?

3.     What do you think of Jesus Christ?

4.     What do you think of Lord Jesus Christ?

  Thinking for a moment, I realized that the order of the questions is an escalation in challenge; challenge that can make one increasingly uncomfortable or at peace.

  Next my thoughts went to how I’ve grown accustomed to frequently awaking with chalkboard-like experience. I do not consider myself unique in this, believing that it happens to everyone at times during the day; God’s Holy Spirit personally messaging believer and unbeliever alike; the believer, from inside; the unbeliever, from outside; to both appealing that they trust Him.

  If we stop and take time to heed the messages and ponder them, they will continue coming. Read, study, ponder, and act upon The Word living (Jn.1:1)and written (2Tim.3:16-17; Heb.4:12), and the messages will continue to arrive and expansively do so.

  Get busy with the chores of the day or continue in them, not giving God place, the messages remain unread. Flip or erase the chalkboard often enough and we diminish not just the messages but The Writer’s influence in our life, leaving us wondering or even blaming . . . “Where is God when I need Him the most?!!”

  Our lives are filled with tasks as were those that we consider living in slower times. (Ours also crowded with the many options of affluent techno society.) Please take note that those that lived successfully by Jehovah’s measure stopped to listen, ponder, and act thereupon.

  Oh, and another thing I’ve learned -- don’t sit around waiting for a burning bush or Gabriel . . . it’s much simpler than that. We have the message in hand. 

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