This morning’s text: “You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me.”—John 5:39
God gave the Scriptures as a tool to show us Jesus. In studying them, we see the character of God displayed.
Beautifully, however…
God gave the Scriptures as a tool to show us Jesus. In studying them, we see the character of God displayed.
Beautifully, however…
I am increasingly convinced that almost any place where we give well-intentioned time, care and attention, we can encounter aspects of God.
In gardening, science, art, cooking, mechanics, etc. we discover patterns and qualities that are inherent in the very nature of who God is.
In gardening, science, art, cooking, mechanics, etc. we discover patterns and qualities that are inherent in the very nature of who God is.
Theologians call this “natural theology” or “general revelation.”
As we find these qualities, they are confirmed in the unique and beautiful revelation given in the pages of Scripture (what theologians call “special revelation”).
Put plainly: God’s fingerprints are everywhere.
As we find these qualities, they are confirmed in the unique and beautiful revelation given in the pages of Scripture (what theologians call “special revelation”).
Put plainly: God’s fingerprints are everywhere.
If we will attune ourselves to almost any field worthy of study, any hobby that is good and worthwhile, we will find the same things—beauty, care, interconnectedness, complexity, marvelous design, the centrality of love.
God is literally everywhere—if we are paying attention.
God is literally everywhere—if we are paying attention.
When you take this sort of lens into the everyday, the mundane becomes a place where you encounter the divine, a place where the Bible repeatedly confirms what you have found in the patient development of a lifetime of craft.
Loving God with all of our minds, indeed.
Loving God with all of our minds, indeed.
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