For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
-- Hebrews 4:12
We live in a society that cherishes information - that seeks to find, display, enhance, embellish, pedestal, and elevate knowledge. Yet, knowledge about Scripture is denigrated, demoted, downplayed, disrupted, and ignored as part of that conversation. I mean, why bother with that old, tired book - the Bible?
The writer of Hebrews gives us reason to ignore those that might seek to keep us from study, instead pointing us toward a knowledge that might lead us to wisdom.
Have you ever studied a passage one day, one week or one year and found profound meaning in it? You might even have thought "I've got it! I understand completely the meaning...", only to find that on another day, another week or another year that the very same passage has a profoundly DIFFERENT meaning when the situation has changed or our own understanding has changed.
The word of God is alive and active
This is no dead book that we study. This is a vibrant text that reveals itself in layers to us (when we are willing to listen to what God has to say to us through it). While it is true that we will never completely understand our Infinite God with our Finite Minds, it is equally true that our Infinite God reveals Himself to us upon our seeking of Him.
And so we study.
We seek to learn more of God in the Bible.
We seek to learn more of God through the traditions in the Church.
We seek to learn more of God through our experiences of Him in our lives.
We seek to learn more of God through other writers and leaders as He chooses to use them
We seek to learn more of God through our service in community.
We seek to draw near to Him in our worship.
And we find Him when we seek.
So, seek!!
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. -- Matthew 7:7-8
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