The Source

When we were studying John 9 in Youth Group (the story of the man born blind), our youth pastor John Casper said something that’s altering my reality.
He said, “the sign is essentially immaterial. It’s the source that matters.”
So it’s not a matter of the miracle happening in my life. Instead, it’s a matter of God showing up.

Its very similar to a thought one of my friends expressed a few months ago.
“I never realized that after Job’s life fell apart and he cried out for answers and wrestled with the question “Why?” for about 35 chapters God finally showed up and answered not one of his questions. Instead God began to declare his sovereignty and wisdom. He asked Job, “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth (Job 38:4). After God finished His divine speech Job responded, “I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you” (Job 42:5). Job didn’t get answers, he got God.” –http://lwiltonh.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/in-the-silence/ (emphasis mine).

It doesn’t matter if my questions get answered–unless they usher in the presence of God. The sign points to the source.

Take Captive

2 Corinthians 10:5
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Have you ever pictured yourself, when struck by a non-glorifying thought, taking it captive and dragging it flailing and shrieking to the throne of the Lord Jesus, and throwing it to the floor before Him? “I brought you another one Lord!” I sometimes think, brushing my hands off and looking to Him for approval. We’re on the same team in this scenario, He and I. He’s pleased with me, and the bad thought is toast.
I like this plan.

Questions I Have

Regarding Luke 10:38-42, when Jesus visits Mary and Martha and Lazarus,
Did Jesus right years of wrongs at this point?
I wonder…what was He talking about with Mary?
On a different note…
Do angels have a spiritual journey?
What kind of glass is the glassy sea? (Sea glass? Blown glass? Frosted? Pink?)
Are spiders a result of the fall? Did they crawl the way they do before the world was broken? (I think I know the answer to this one.)
Did Jarius’s daughter know who Jesus was when she woke up from the dead?

Truth Alone

1 Corinthians 4:2
Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

The truth recommends itself to men’s hearts.