Sunday, December 10, 2006
Mastery Over the Word, or its Mastery Over Us?
We often think that one of the goals of the Christian life is to have mastery over God's Word in the Bible - to understand and commit it into our hearts and minds.But in reality, it's the other way around. The real fruit comes to bear when God's Word has mastery over us. If most of our experience of reading God's word has not been an uncomfortable one, then we have not been truly reading. If it has not collided with increasing frequency with who we are and what we do, I wonder if the Word has truly incise deep enough to remove the cancer of sin in our lives...
"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing."
When Christ said, "Abide" - He is not calling us to stand in the middle ground. He meant total immersion. Not a sprinkling here and there. He called for absolute saturation. Not the miniscule scattering of the spray. He destined us for radical surgery. Not cosmetic changes.
As we are heading towards a new year, I am asking: "Is there less of me and more of You, God? Is it my desire, or a relentless obedience to Your Word?"
I am reminded: Christ in us, the Word of God made flesh in us. Are we having mastery over God's word, or is God's word having mastery over us?
Labels: Christian Living, Spiritual Growth
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