I am in awe of how our Lord instructs in ways that are truly foreign to the natural mind, and what is even more awesome is that I listened.
The other day I was on a long road trip and during this trip I entered an area where I was the only person around for over forty miles. While driving this lonely highway I was contemplating something I heard at a Christian men’s meeting the night before. What the speaker was talking about was discipleship, and the speaker equated discipleship to working in the church and helping others who visit, and that God is looking for us to stand up and do what we are called to do. Good stuff, right? Of course, we partner with our Lord, that’s a given, right? Well, contemplating what was said while driving along this lonely highway two thoughts entered my mind:
- It is easy to believe in Jesus so you can have a wonderful life. This allows us to make disciples of others.
- It is far more difficult to believe on Jesus for your life and allow Him to make disciples of us so we can help in discipling of others.
We do not move forward in Christ alone, and rely only on our own wisdom and knowledge, we must always rely on the Holy Spirit to guide us.
Here is a partial copy of an email I received that I thought speaks to this lonely road.
The Hebrew language is full of fascinating revelations, yet few Believers know what they are.
For example, a Christian who reads an English Bible would not realize that the Hebrew word for desert and speaking are the same Hebrew word —מדבר — transliterated in English as MDBR.
By inserting different vowels into this Hebrew word, we pronounce desert (מִדבָּר) as meed-bar and speaking (מְדַבֵּר) as meda-ber.
It is no coincidence that these two words are one since it is in the most desolate places where God has made His most significant appearances and where He speaks into the lives of His people.
Shalom
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