So I've got this blog, right. And its my blog. Sorta. Really its blogger's blog and really its Al Gore's internet, and really its God's Al Gore. But basically its my blog. And I can say all kinds of things here. Whatever I want. And if you've never met me, I could use this blog to create a whole new persona about myself. If someone had never met me, and all they knew of me was my blog, and all that I ever wrote on my blog was stuff about snow leopards. And I researched them and wrote all kinds of posts about snow leaopards. About what they eat and where they live and what they look like and how much I just love snow leopards. La la la love leopards.com. You would really believe that I loved snow leopards.
But what if then you met me in real life and I never talked about leopards and I didn't own any lisa frank binders with pink leopards on them and when someone asked me a question about snow leopards I had no idea how to answer unless I looked the question up online and in fact I had actually killed a couple snow leopards before (that part is true)....... (not really).
I would end up proving to be super fake. And probably people wouldnt take my information about leopards seriously anymore (assuming that anyone would have taken them seriously to begin with).
Lets land the leopard spotted plane.
In my last post I wrote about Bethel. And all about where it was wrong and why I believe this and where scripture backs me up. And I'm not regretting writing that, or saying I should have been more careful. If you missed it, its the one right under this. Feel free.
But in my conversations about it with close friends in real life, I was a little less loving in how I came across. It was much easier for me to make stupid jokes about it or use the word "crazy" a little more often when describing the service. And I would definitely say I spoke my heart in that last post on here. I didn't fake it to try and sound "extra loving" or "extra spiritual". I just came home that night and snapped out the post while it was all still fresh.
But I also know that when it comes to real life, scripture says out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. So which is it?
Thats not the point (plane is still traveling down the landing strip apparantly)
This is the point
2 Timothy 2 “the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.”
And then theres this little nugget.
John 13:34-35. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Really? Thats the distinguishing factor for a Christian verses everybody else? Are you sure it isn't having good theology and not watching Oprah? (althought both practices are equally important).
and finally the last nail in the conviction stained coffin
1 Corinithians 8
"Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge" puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God."
That verse in its context isn't saying knowledge is a bad thing, and theres definitely a greater meaning going on there but just that idea alone is something that resonates with me for sure. Knowledge puffs up but love builds up.
Word.
So my goal is to never allow myself to act more spiritual or more loving or more anything in my writing than I would in my everyday speach and actions. But even more than that my goal is just to be more loving. I believe that God has given me a gift of discernment coupled with an unnatural desire to learn wisdom. Not cause I'm awesome, but just cause he wanted me to be able to use those gifts for his kingdom. The gifts I have aren't for me. They're for Him and for kingdom work. And the bible tells us that regardless of how much knowledge we have or any great ability to articulate it, if we dont have love its useless. So lets not get crazy and start thinking we're all something when we're nothing. Just love God because we want to be known by God. And thats it.
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