A thought by Dallas Willard (2014-02-01) from his
book, Renovation of the Heart: PuttingOn the Character of Christ (p. 103). NavPress. Kindle Edition. (Click on
the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
There are many
different reasons why I believe God has given me the opportunity and challenge
to write this particular blog. One
of them is to expose you to information from difference sources to help you
learn and grow in your life. As the
writer of Proverbs says in chapter 11 verse 14 (Msg), “Without good direction,
people lose their way; the more wise counsel you follow, the better your
chances.”
Of course the Bible is
the place we start, but then there are other writers who give us so much to
learn from. I want to expose you to
them.
As Dallas says, “Lack
of information results in everything from unpleasant burdens to stark tragedies,
across the entire range of human life. Not knowing about resources at a public
library or on the Internet may mean that a scholar or writer or other
professional person is deprived of needed materials or at least must obtain
them at considerable effort or personal expense. In the past, doctors with
unwashed hands unwittingly carried deadly germs, which caused the deaths of
hundreds of thousands of women from ‘child-bed fever.’ Failure to know what God
is really like and what his law requires destroys the soul, ruins society, and leaves
people to eternal ruin: ‘My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge’ (Hosea
4: 6, NRSV), and ‘A people without understanding comes to ruin’ (4: 14, NRSV).
This is the tragic condition of Western culture today, which has put away the
information about God that God himself has made available. Accordingly, the
first task of Jesus in his earthly ministry was to proclaim God: to inform
those around him of the availability of eternal life from God through himself.”
I find it so
interesting how people live life totally on what they think without any impute
from any other source. They don’t talk
to people to learn, they don’t read, especially Christians who don’t read the
Bible and Godly writers, they don’t search for information, they just think
they know all they need to know. But there
is so much other information and knowledge that God wants to give us to stretch
us, to use us, to mature us to help us to live the tremendous life he has for us.
There is so much out
there to help us in living the abundant life. So if
you want to read more from Dallas Willard just click on the title of this book
and it will take you to Amazon.com where you can buy it. You can also buy a Bible there if you need
one.
So what are you
reading that gives you something to think about and to help you grow?
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