Tuesday night at our elders meeting, Dr. Lawson began our time with a Bible Study from I Peter 2.1-3. In this section, Peter is exhorting the hearers to crave the Word of God, understanding that it is by our intake of biblical truth that we will grow in salvation (2.2).
We talked about how sin stifles a desire for truth. Dr. Lawson told us about a church member that he had spoken to that afternoon. The man went on and on about how much he had learned and been challenged by the sermon Sunday night. Lawson said that he didn't really feel particularly good at all about the sermon. He used that to commend the gentleman for being hungry for truth. He made the statement, 'hungry people will eat anywhere.' If you're really hungry, you'll pillage a trash can if necessary, and be grateful for whatever scraps you're able to rummage up. Truly hungry people aren't worried about the ambience or the seating - they are concerned with eating.
Likewise we find the same attitude prevailing in Christians. Peter exhorts us to crave the word as a baby craves milk. Babies cannot live without milk and are fairly irrational if they don't get their food when they want it. This is the desire that we should bring to the truth.
May the Lord give us grace to deal with our own sinfulness so our desire for Him isn't lessened.
2 comments:
Hey Allen,
Appreciated this. This helps correct the tendency of some people (i.e., me) to be hypercritical of the messenger at times.
I like that too! It's a good thing to remember, especially when you're meeting in a rented skating rink (as we are); the attraction is definitely not in our facility!
Thanks for sharing!
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