Tuesday, December 8, 2015

God's exciting love letter

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” so that we can be equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16
 
In his book When I’m Longing for God, Dan Stuecher tells a touching story about the great composer Beethoven. The music man never married but was in love with a woman scholars have spent years trying to identify, a woman Beethoven called his “Immortal Beloved.” When he was forty-two years old, Beethoven penned a letter of affection to her. “Oh, why must one be separated from her who is so dear?” he wrote. “However much you love me, my love for you is even greater.”
  
After his death, the letter was found in a bureau belonging to Beethoven, undated and unaddressed. Some people have wondered if the woman ever knew how valuable she was to Beethoven because of this secret, undelivered note. Can you imagine being the recipient of such a love letter and never reading it?
   
A number of times over the years, I have heard people say God doesn’t speak to them through Scripture. One told me, “I just don’t hear His voice through the Bible. I hear from Him in other ways, like through signs.” When I hear something like this, my heart cries.  Beloved as the Word is His voice. It’s His love letter to us (See John 1) the greatest love letter ever written. But tragically, life (the Word of God) itself is sometimes left forgotten in a drawer. True love is denied and wisdom is ignored.
 
I do wonder where some people have gotten the idea God isn’t really speaking unless He speaks “supernaturally,” for example through a miracle, a vision, or a dream. Early in my own walk, I had a hard time believing God was with me unless I felt Him in some way. I thought I had to sense His presence to believe I had heard Him. When I read the Bible, I found myself sometimes bored. I even went through a time of feeling like there was nothing exciting in it.
 
As I continued to grow in mature in my relationship with the Lord I found that I was so wrong.  Now I look back and think, My Lord. Scripture is a never-ending well of refreshment and truth. God speaks through His Word, inviting us to find Him. And when we do, we may not always experience emotional fireworks, but our minds will be quietly and gradually transformed from glory to glory and faith to faith. God speaks in many ways, but the primary way He speaks is through His Word. It’s powerful. It’s life-changing. It’s refreshment for a thirsty soul.
 
Our Prayer: Father I pray that daily our thirst for you and your word grows, that we might daily experience and know the fullness of your love towards us Amen. 

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Pastor Todd A. Brown
First Baptist of Chesterbrook
1740 Kirby Rd.  Mclean Va. 22101
Vision:" Disciples Making a Kingdom Impact"
Mission: Exalting, Evangelizing, Equipping, and Encouraging every soul in Christ
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