So I
finally sat my butt -and settled my thoughts – down to share something that I’m
learning/walking through/trying to understand from the Bible. For a while, I’ve
been stuck in this rut of reading my Bible with the aid of my devotional and I
must confess that the words in the devotional have been so on point that it so
fuelled my comfort and well, laziness to ‘dig deep’. After all, I have argued
with myself on several occasions that what I want from studying my Bible is a
clearer understanding of what it says, a better of understanding of who God is,
a drawing near… and here comes someone shining the light into that verse that
seemingly meant nothing to me ... Well, quick fact about me, I like things
simplified; algebraic equations as opposed to vectorized notations, Keep It So
Simple-KISS, yeah you can call that my motto. Dare I refer to myself as
simpleton? I tend to think so lots of the times, I’m not just sure I like the
fact that this simple mindedness does not lead to exploits or good… at least based
on my brief survey of the Proverbs. Ok, so has anyone been here before??
Perhaps the journey is peculiar to me…
Well I
need to rein in my thoughts, they keep moving on and on and on...
I have decided
to embark on Bible- study, i.e. devotional and commentary free study of the
books of the Bible... (I know, I know, where have I been? How did I get here? Et
al, et al.. I think paragraph 1 answers all those questions). Well, the thing
is, I keep getting to this point where I ask myself: ‘How much of my devotional
is Spirit-inspired and how much is opinion-based or experience-concluded?’ Not like any of these is wrong or not
edifying, however in seeking to draw near, in seeking to understand God for
myself, what are the things that I can attest to be: ”…the
things which I have seen with my eyes, which I have looked upon, and my hands
have handled, of the Word of life” (I
John 1: 1 – my paraphrase)? Neways, right there, you find my motive or my
purpose or my wake-up call – whatever you choose to call it.
In upcoming posts, I shall be presenting some of my musings
since I started study. I’d like to request ahead of time that you pardon the
piecemeal approach and yep, experience-concluded, opinion based and Spirit-inspired
comments and ‘torch-lights’ from my brothers and sisters are highly welcome. I
am deeply inspired and honoured to have you as family and to be part of this
family. What I have learnt and I’m learning though is not to put the cart
before the horse... I have my part to play in finding the light and I shall do
the work too.. J
