Sunrise

Good Morning!

I am having fabulous study times – enjoying getting into the Word of God and seeing things that I have seen before but now are becoming clearer as God enhances the Light. I believe that is what happens as we get deeper in Bible study. It is like sitting by a lake at the break of day, observing the objects on the horizon. At first they aren’t visible at all. Then they are just black objects that you can see … shapes that may be familiar, like trees and hills. As the light grows, you can make out their base colors … but still not see them clearly. But when the dawn is fully come, you can see their full color and wonder at the beauty that God has created in them.

I get excited just thinking about the visual … and want to be by the lakeside even now. The same is true with the study of God’s Word. Reading God’s Word at first was difficult … it didn’t make too much sense. Even as a new believer, the messages were somewhat abstract to me … dark images, shapes that could be seen but not clearly. But as Jesus became more a part of my life … as His Lordship became more evident … the dark images are now quite visible because there is more Light upon them.

Peter, in his first general letter to the churches (hey, that’s us), wrote:

1 Peter 2:2-3 (New International Version, ©2011)
2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.

I remember when my children were just BC babies … (before cereal). Their whole nourishment came from milk … mother’s milk for the last three children. The nutrients kept them alive … and kept them growing. They couldn’t walk. They couldn’t talk. But they could let us know when they wanted more milk. And they got what they asked for when they asked. The result was they grew … later to become fine citizens of this world.

We should desire the nourishment that comes from knowing Christ more fully. God has given us access in several ways. First, He indwells us as the Holy Spirit. Second, He has given us the written Word we call the Bible. Third, He has gifted us with fellow believers with whom we can interact. All of these work together to help us see God more clearly … and to see His handiwork.

Agape’


Mr. Jim