…March 2020 Continued
So about that thing that I knew, that the Lord knew that I knew that He had called me to…
Generally, He was calling me to grow in understanding. And surely, I had been growing in my understanding, but there were some specific conversations that He was calling me to that this understanding was going to be foundational for. Through my study of Deuteronomy, Judges and Jude, He had set the pursuit of holiness in my mind and on my heart. And I needed to understand how this applied both generally and specifically in my life before I could engage in these conversations with others. Specifically, He was calling me to speak up about a couple of things that some of my friends were talking about and participating in. These things seemed to be unnecessary at best, but likely to become slippery slopes and or slow devouring spiritual quick sand. Over time I had gotten all but left out of the conversation, and it seemed, no one really wanted to hear more from me about why I was reluctant to participate. So when I knew that the Lord was telling me that it was time to speak up, that He had been equipping me and now was the time, I just didn’t want to interject my opinion anymore. Then in that same way that I knew that He had a task for me, I knew that what He wanted was not for me to interject my own opinion, but to seek out His opinion by searching His Word, and communicating from there. I know this sounds odd, maybe even cringy, to say that I was going to communicate the Lord’s opinion, but is that not what we are all called to do? To hold EVERYTHING up to the light of the Word, and then to encourage each other with what we’ve learned.
“but test everything; hold fast to what is good.” 1 Thessalonians 5:21
“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” Ephesians 5:15
And so in the quiet hours and days and weeks that quarantine offered,
I began to study.
What came of this time of study was (in my spirit) a sense of purpose and (in real life in the world), essentially an essay. I wrote about the Holiness of God and the necessity for us to be set apart in obedience to His word.
The conversations came next. From July of 2020 until now, April of 2024, I have had one conversation after another either directly or indirectly discussing the necessity of the body of Christ to be holy, to be set apart, to fear the Lord. Not out of fearfulness, but out of a desire to grow.
“, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up invert way into Him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” Ephesians 4:15-16
This website is more or less a place where all the study and all the conversations can come together. I really don’t know exactly what this is going to grow into, but I do know it came up out of that seed that the Lord planted when He asked me to commit to that thing that I knew that He had asked me to do.
So, I’ve got a lot to say about a few things yet, but before I write more and you read more of what I write, I’d like to ask two favors of you. First, don’t take me too seriously. I am a person of no particular credibility, I take seriously what I write about, but I don’t pretend to be an expert on anything really. Second, don’t dismiss me either. Test what you read here. Hold it up to the light of scripture, let my words burn away and see if theres anything left that the Lord has to show to you.
Awe and Wonder is what sparked in me when I sought His Word over my comfort. May He do the same for you.