Day 27 – God said it, what do we do with it?
Scripture focus: "God said…" [eight times in Genesis] "For he spoke, and it came to be…" Psalm 33:9
"Spiritual theology, using Scripture as text, does not present us with a moral code and tell us 'Live up to this'; nor does it set out a system of doctrine and say, 'Think like this and you will live well.' The biblical way is to tell a story and in the telling invite" 'Live into this – this is what it looks like to be human in this God-made and God-ruled world; this is what is involved in becoming and maturing as a human being.' We do violence to the biblical revelation when we 'use' it for what we can get out of it or what we think will provide color and spice to our otherwise bland lives. That always results in a kind of 'decorator spirituality' – God as enhancement. Christians are not interested in that; we are after something far bigger. When we submit our lives to what we read in Scripture, we find that we are not being led to see God in our stories but our stories in God's. God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves." Eat this Book, by Eugene Peterson, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2006, pp.43 and 44
Our body and soul – disconnected from the spirit; our world and all that breathes within it without conscious connection to God will fight this message of context.
The present is so relentlessly real.
But if we're going to recover our lives, we must ask God to overcome the demons that come to kill, steal and destroy.
As we allow him to do his thing in that realm, we must wrestle too. We must chew, growl, and gnaw on the word of God.
May this be the year we all gain a taste for his book.
Recommended reading: Psalm 36-38
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