I remember like it was yesterday. This particular moment when I was reading my Bible and came upon a scripture that stopped me in my tracks. It was this scripture:
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Colossians 1:16-17 KJV
I was very new (still am) at reading the Bible. I was new at seeking God. I was brand new at this whole other world the Holy Spirit had introduced me to. All I had known of God was what I had heard in church sermons the few times I had attended throughout my life. So obviously I didn't know much about God and I had just a few months before had the encounter of a lifetime with Jesus. So at this point in my journey I was on a mission to get to know God. I was reading the Bible hours a day and absorbing as much as my mind and heart could hold. As I was reading I came to the above scripture in Colossians. I read it over and over again. No matter how many times I read it, the words stayed the same. I had read it correctly after all. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Did you catch that? All things were created by him, and FOR HIM. What? (Lots of thoughts started wrestling in my head, body slamming each other, and punches and kicks all over the place). What? Why didn't anybody ever tell me that? Why on earth have I always thought I was created to make the happiest life I could for myself? I always had the impression that this life I was living was about, well yeah, you guessed it...me.
Now this might be common knowledge to most of you, so please be patient with me for a few minutes. But this was the biggest news I had received in my life. I wasn't created for me, I was created for Jesus Christ! This was the best news I had ever heard! No wonder for 37 years no matter how nice and kind and considerate I was, no matter how much I did for anyone else, no matter any thing I did I eventually found myself failing. I was who I was, based on a false idea that God created me for me to be happy. I'm not by any means saying that I don't think God wants us to be happy. In fact, I know He does. I had already read that scripture...John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. The epiphany I awoke to was that I had it wrong from step one and from day one. Somewhere, somehow, I had the idea that my life was all about me. The moment the Holy Spirit helped me see that I had lived my life all these years with the wrong lenses was the moment everything changed in my life. What a relief I felt! Number one I finally knew the truth of why I was even created in the first place and secondly, now I had a purpose! A clear defined purpose!
From that moment on my life would never be the same. It was that moment, that scripture that changed my future! I now had TRUTH lenses on and took off the FALSE lenses. Actually, that's not true. The Holy Spirit did that for me. I can't and won't take credit for the whole lens thing. It was all Him, not me. I am so very thankful to God for allowing that truth to be revealed to me. Like I stated earlier, this might be common knowledge for most of you, but I certainly never had a clue. Now I do. Just that one truth being revealed to me changed the meaning of the scriptures as I continued to read that day and have everyday since. The amazing thing is the Holy Spirit does that (surprise! got you again!) almost every time I read my Bible! He opens my eyes more and more as I read my Bible. The words on those pages truly do have life in them! How could they not, they are God's words! Those words are God's message to me. And to you. Those words are His love preserved for me and you! Those words are the the biggest and most important of the (many, many) ways He provides for us to know Him. The Holy Bible, in the way I see it, is God in black and white for us!
Love you guys!
More importantly, Jesus loves you!
Grace and Space for you and for others always, no matter what it looks like!
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