Scripture Verses that caught my attention today: Acts 10:34-35 Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, 35 but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
Observation: Peter spoke from personal experience in terms of what he saw to be the word of God.
Application: I was reading earlier today an opinion that we have turned the Word of God into the word of words. It was mentioned that, for all our emphasis on the importance of the Bible, Jesus himself never wrote a word of it.
It’s ironic stuff. Jesus—who IS the word of God—never actually wrote the Word of God…unless one counts whatever it is that Jesus once scribbled on the dirt while people were accusing a woman of adultery.
What we have in Scripture, then, are largely the experiences of people who were moved by the Word of God to write words about God and about how they understood about what this God has done and about how this God was involved in their lives.
Peter’s story is a case-in-point. He understood God’s people to be of a certain type (circumcised Jews) but grew to understand God’s people to be of larger scope and greater diversity.
His was a powerful experience which led to the sharing of a powerful story.
I’m thinking that God is still busy creating powerful experiences which lead to powerful stories today. At least that’s what I’m counting on as I prepare to undergo my first-ever colonoscopy not long from now.
Prayer: Lord, thanks for the many ways in which our experiences—for good or for ill—shape us to see your work in this world and to be part of your ongoing powerful story. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
(Readings today included: Job 5, Psalm 148 and Acts 10-11)
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