Of sky, waterfalls, and raspberries...

Being in Torrey sure makes me think a lot... in fact, I've found myself thinking about lots of weird and random things consistently. Rather than storing up these thoughts in my head only to be forgotten later, I thought I'd share them with my small audience.

The Bible... what is it? It's God's Word - God, the Creator of everything, of sky, waterfalls, raspberries, me... This God is the same guy who has given us a whole book, full of His own words. And more than that, the Bible is His Holy Word. Holy - it is set apart for a purpose and it belongs to Him... yet, He allows man to take possession of it and to read it that we may know Him better and may better understand how we ought to live for His glory. The Bible is God-breathed and true. It is for all people, at all times, and in all places. Basically, the Bible is a piece of God and we have total, 24/7 access to it!

I could go on and on about the amazing Bible if I wanted to... but when/if I ever finished, I doubt that it would truly change anything either for you or for me. I mean, if the Bible is so eternal and inspired, why is it that we, or more particularly I, have such trouble getting awesome insights or being Extremely Excited every time I so much as touch the book? You would think that with knowing all this great stuff about it that I would just twitch out of amazement over it. The sad truth is that I don't, and not only do I refrain from such excitement, but I also don't know of anybody who does. I'd like to change that. I'd like to surrender to the Bible - to live by it and to find it more necessary than food. And yet, I don't... we all don't. through that, we've lost who God is and, accordingly, we've lost the importance of the Bible. It's a cycle, really, and everybody's caught up in it.

It's ironic; as I write this, I am listening to a song by Jeremy Camp titled "Revive Me". All that I can hear, then, are the ever-so-fitting lyrics... "Revive me according to your loving kindness. Revive me that I may seek your Word... Revive me O Lord..."

God, today I make this my prayer to you: that you would revive me, that you would stir up fire within me to know you more and more through Scripture, through worship and through relationship. Revive me, O Lord.

*These thoughts provoked by: Playing With Fire:How The Bible Ignites Change in Your Soul by Walt Russell