Thoughts for the day

One must be very careful where we allow our heart to focus. Years ago as a young christian i had an experience that changed my heart's focus. I had grown up deer hunting with my grandfather. He had taught me to read their tracks, and signs. You can tell a lot about the deer by the size and shape of their tracks, what they have nibbled on as they've walked through a area, by the age of the track etc. I had learned to hunt a particular deer, a certain buck for example, by searching for and studying it's tracks. One day i was doing just that i was tracking a large buck. I was down on my knees looking down studying the buck's tracks. The Lord stopped me up short and said; This is what you have done with me. You study my tracks, the scriptures, but you do not search me out, look up. His words startled me, because i was not thinking about Him and they came with conviction. I looked up and there about 50 yards away stood the buck. Now a picture is worth a thousand tracks. The buck was a large animal with a good sized rack, not a record book trophy but still a nice buck. We studied each other for a little while and then he walked away. That day changed my life forever.

I had been a christian some twenty years by then. I had been very busy; active in the church, high school chaplin, sunday school and VBS teacher, district youth group leader, Bible quiz team, Bible College and small group leader. I had studied the scriptures diligently and had sat up long nights debating doctrine from a Biblical view point. I was apparently good at it for one Lincoln graduate warned his friends not to debate with me because you could not win, he and i had been around the bush several times. i had a Bible that had six translations on the same page and i had read the KJ Bible cover to cover, studied hermeneutics, greek and hebrew and was well versed in Youngs, Strongs, Intralinears and Naves. I had set my heart's focus on doctrine and had studied the scriptures throughly. I had practically memorized Romans. But the Lord chastised me that day because i did not know Him, i could just read His tracks. For all i knew, He was dead. I had very little revelation or personal experience with Him. He had just began to speak to me a few months before but i did not trust Him, i preferred the scriptures. I was guilty of idolatry. I had made the scriptures, actually MY UNDERSTANDING of them my god. You all know that we defend what we love, and i could defend them very well. Actually i was not defending the scriptures but my understanding of them and HE KNEW IT. i had to change my focus that day to follow Him and know Him, this He required of me. I set the study books aside and became His student. My knowledge of doctrine had to be crucified so i could follow the resurrected Lord. He rewrote my theology. He opened the heavens to me. His presence became my constant companion and he wakes me often in the night to bring me some new understanding. He speaks to me almost every morning to clarify something He is revealing to me. Posting these thoughts came to me this morning as i woke up.

You see He (Yeshua) is my salvation. He is my heart's desire. He comforts me in my afflictions and delivers me from my infirmities. He is the lover of my soul, bless His precious name. A moment in His presence is more valuable than all of the knowledge of the world. He wakes me in the morning with His whispers and puts me to sleep with His presence. He is THE Truth, THE Way and THE Life. My spirit soars when He speaks my name and leaps for joy when He smiles at me. You see, He is the Love of my life, i've fallen head over heels for Him and it just gets stronger and deeper every time He calls to me. I cannot help but be jealous for Him, for

He and He alone is worthy of our affections!

So i'm sorry for not getting excited about your scripture fixation, i left that years ago, for the Author. So be careful what you love for once you die would will spend eternity embraced by who or what you love. I've chosen Yeshua, for He alone is inerrant, infallible, perfect, complete, eternal, Love, Truth, Life, Liberty and my Adoni. I will spend eternity in His arms at home where i belong. My hope is that you will too.