When we send our kids to school, we intend for them to learn to study and understand the basic curriculum. In college, they pursue degrees, and throughout it all, we will hear them complain, “It’s boring to study, it’s boring to listen, it’s boring to sit through lectures,” yet with effort, they become fluent in new terminology and the details of their chosen professions. In the end, they have accumulated all those boring hours, and it’s worth it!
Reading and studying God’s word can seem boring and daunting. I understand the mindset; It once seemed that way to me.
I looked for answers in what others understood or simply in my reasoning. I had good reason to trust what I was being told. However, it was not until I began studying on my own and attending Bible classes, worship services, and study groups that an accurate understanding of God’s Word began to sink in.
As a result, my once skin-deep faith grew into an all-consuming zeal to share the message of Christ.
Why?
Because our souls’ eternity is decided by our choices.
It’s more important than anything worldly. I need to be able to explain and defend why this is true. (within the pages of scripture), In other words, by sharing God’s Word “as written,” not my words or my ideas.
Regarding God’s word, my boredom with study has become an engaging excitement, with the purpose of sharing. A continuous thirst to grow closer to God with an ever-growing understanding of God’s intent for me and all disciples of Jesus, His commands, His Forgiveness, Mercy, and how we accept His Grace by keeping Jesus’s commands.
I encourage everyone to make a similar effort to grow, as All Truth is in God’s Word.
My quest is to explain, with certainty and boldness, the joy and hope that are in me, with gentleness and respect. Just as we are directed in 1 Peter 3:15-16 and Ephesians 6:20
OUR SOULS ARE WORTHY OF EVERY EFFORT!
- John 5:39 (Eternal life)
- 2 Timothy 3:15-17 (study)
- John 13:34 (A new command)
- Luke 10:27 (Love God with all)
- John 14:15 (Keep Jesus’s commandments)
- Matthew 19:17 (If you want to enter)
- Ecclesiastes 12:13 (Whole duty)
- Revelation 22:18-19 (Caution)
- Matthew 7:22 (I never knew you)
God First!
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