I Wonder

I Wonder



2 Timothy 2; 23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

Pastor Chuck Smith is one of my favorite bible teachers. It seems as though God has given him the ability to go through several chapters of the bible during a study, while enabling him to hit the points that really speak to me.

I remember listening to him talk about the scripture in Matthew where it says to agree w/ your adversary lest he take you to court and applying the verse to situations in his life where men were trying to sway him to their particular beliefs. Chuck didn't agree w/ the guys but, he also didn't engage them in arguments that they wished him to do so.

I find a lot of wisdom in that. I've heard Chuck say that he hates to argue over the bible and man I agree. It's so much more edifying to share w/ each other truths in God's Word that we're excited about. I love hearing about pictures of Christ in the Old Testament, the fulfillment of verses found in the New Testament, and even history from the time of Christ that explains cultural terms like the "salt being good for nothing but to be tread upon".

I can remember being a brand new Christian and not really knowing hardly anything about the bible. It was kind of freeing actually. Every study was new and I can't remember any arguing over positions or whether somebody was pre or post trib or any of that stuff. I can remember the excitement of talking to others about what Christ has done in my heart, it was awesome.

I think there's something to be said for just loving the Lord & looking for someone who doesn't know Him yet. Praying for them and reading the Word of God because we love Jesus, we love how He speaks through His love letters to us, and we can't wait to spend time w/ Him. Honestly, I can't wait until that day when we get to meet face to face.

I wonder what that will be like? Will we reminisce over past songs, Him speaking, or the amazing works He did all around us? How long will we get to hug Him? How much time will we get to just talk and be filled w/ so much wonder that we can't stop asking Him questions? Will He have questions as well?

I wonder if He'll ask what we thought about the gospels or Isaiah or David Crowder worship or the Revelation song by Kari Jobe? I can't wait to find out. I wonder if we'll laugh over our kids, or our grandkids, or the times when we fell down & He was so quick to pick us up & restore us? I can't wait. I hope it's soon.