13Apr
Gregory Koukl warns in his book Tactics, “If we do not use our minds properly, as God intended, the Bible will be of no use to guard us against falsehood and protect us from evil.” (2019, page 40) When it comes to God’s work, there are two parts: God’s part and our part. God draws (John 6:44), and we exercise our God-given freedom of choice to respond. Salvation is not forced on anyone, and neither is a faithful Christian lifestyle.
Scores of places in the Scriptures challenge us to the disciplined use of our minds in our service and worship of God. In the book of Proverbs, wisdom frequently occurs in tandem with knowledge as the means to a God-honoring and more fruitful life (Proverbs 9:10). The Apostle Paul challenges, “…be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2 NIV).
God always does His part. Are we using our minds to do our part? If you are like me, I am regularly amazed at how much I don’t know. Simply put, I often feel rather dense. I so often feel that way that I have learned not to let it bother me. When those gaping holes in my knowledge, experience, and discipline reduce my self-confidence to microscopic proportions, I sigh and then roll up my sleeves and dig into the newly discovered vacuum in my learning.
It is not what we don’t know that will hinder our walk with God. It is what we are not willing to learn!
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