“Look to those who have walked with God down through the ages. Certainly, that is why the Bible is given to us. If God had intended it to be a textbook of doctrine, well, then, he would have written it like one. Oh, yes, we learn many crucial things about doctrine and Christian character in the Scripture, along with a great deal of wisdom. But if you’ll flip from cover to cover, you’ll notice that it’s overwhelmingly a book of stories-tales of men and women who walked with God. Approach the Scriptures not so much as a manual of Christian principles but as the testimony of God’s friends on what it means to walk with him through a thousand different episodes. When you are at war, when you are in love, when you have sinned, when you have been given a great gift-this is how you walk with God. Do you see what a different mind-set this is? It’s really quite exciting.”

“You see this throughout Scripture: a little boy will slay the giant, a loudmouthed fisherman who can’t hold down a job will lead the church, and a whore with a golden heart is the one to perform the deed that Jesus asked us all to tell “wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world” (Mark 14:9). Things are not what they seem. We are not what we seem.

By my favorite author – John Eldredge in “Waking The Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive”

highlights mine – cary

Published September 19, 2013

Topics: Clarity of Faith | Connecting the Dots