This AM, as I sit in Sunday School listening to some great teaching on 1 Peter 1, it dawns on me that we need glasses.
I was wearing my brand new glasses. I wear them most waking hours because I have an ailment that afflicts most of Christianity. I am myopic. I am near sighted.
The peril of Christianity is myopia. We cannot see far away- in space or time. We are oblivious to most of what goes on in the world, because it is beyond our vision. In fact, using the word "world" is wrong. But I don't know of a better word.
We don't have sufficient vision. We see only those things close at hand- fame, fortune, comfort; but we miss the important stuff outside our range of vision.
The only way that we can see further is by trusting in the Word. Consider 1 Peter 2:2 only by becoming "Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk (of the WORD) so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment...".
May our vision improve, whether by glasses, by LASIK, or by G^d's healing. AMEN.
I was wearing my brand new glasses. I wear them most waking hours because I have an ailment that afflicts most of Christianity. I am myopic. I am near sighted.
The peril of Christianity is myopia. We cannot see far away- in space or time. We are oblivious to most of what goes on in the world, because it is beyond our vision. In fact, using the word "world" is wrong. But I don't know of a better word.
We don't have sufficient vision. We see only those things close at hand- fame, fortune, comfort; but we miss the important stuff outside our range of vision.
The only way that we can see further is by trusting in the Word. Consider 1 Peter 2:2 only by becoming "Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk (of the WORD) so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment...".
May our vision improve, whether by glasses, by LASIK, or by G^d's healing. AMEN.
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