Have I mentioned just how much I love Oswald Chambers and
the devotional My Utmost for His Highest? I have read the book from cover to
cover several times now and like the Bible, each reading brings new insight and
revelation. God is truly a wonder.
Bringing me to my point, a saw this little blurb posted in
the margin of the devotional:
An intellectual
conception of God may be found in a bad vicious character. The knowledge and
vision of God is dependent entirely on a pure heart. Character determines the
revelation of God to the individual. The pure in heart see God. Biblical
Ethics, 125 R
I was struggling with my focus and prayer this morning, that
was until I muted the sound of the television and spoke the words my heart was
feeling but I could never seem to articulate. A fact which ties me to the
reading.
I was constantly
intellectualizing God. I would quote and discuss scripture with the tenacity of
an orthodox rabbi but the word hadn't made the two foot jump from my head to my
heart and my words, thoughts and deeds often reflected it.
A series of life circumstances caused my knees to bend in a
way that they have never been positioned. These same circumstances sloughed the
callus from my heart. At this point I not only understood, I felt, I emoted and
most important I lived the word...the word actually became living waters...REAL
LIFE
God is meant to be lived, felt, breathed, spoken and
demonstrated......
How ya livin'?!
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