This morning I was reading in Mark 10 and the contrast between the things Jesus said and what the disciples had assumed to be true struck me. They assumed that divorce was OK, but it wasn’t. They assumed children could not be near Jesus, but they could. They assumed that wealth showed God’s favor on a person, but it didn’t. They assumed that they had sacrificed much, but in reality, they had gained much more. They assumed that greatness meant having the authority to rule others, but it meant being a servant. They assumed that a blind man shouting at Jesus was a nuisance, but Jesus gave him sight.
It makes me ask, “How much do I see the things around in the same way that Jesus sees them? How much of what I assume is just plain wrong?” The pursuit of God, as A.W. Tozer called it, is the pursuit of such a deep intimacy with God and His holiness that we see the world with His eyes. Our assumptions must give way to His truth as we draw near to God through His word and through prayer and through fellowship with other believers. It is as Randy Alcorn wrote at his blog seeing “…God as He is and ourselves as we are.”
Great viewpoint on this. I’m using it for my Wed night Bible Study tonight. We are anxious to see all of you in Nov. Blessings. Jimmy