Servant of the Scripture
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
I was laughing with zg last night after I read this because with the tongue a man speaks.. but with the lips he shuts up. Its subtle things like this that amuse me sometimes. How much thought and wisdom flowed through Solomon into the verse when he wrote it.
Anyway I’m kinda lost again with regards to the music ministry but I wonder if my flesh is at work. I really still have no idea what my calling is. After today’s sunday school, everything was a blur except for a single phrase that stuck.
Every man should not seek to master the scripture, but instead, be a servant of the scripture.
Of course, “master” has 2 meanings here
- to be adept/skillful at using something
- to be the boss of something
Actually, both kinda mean the same thing and that sentence is not just a play on words. How often you find men who can wield the bible to justify all his own carnal desires? I’ve been gobsmacked before by verses thrown at me to justify actions which were clearly not in the spirit. Makes me fear because I wonder if I read verses and then interpret them how I like to understand them.
The next thing would be “serve”. And it really makes sense. Service is obeying.. service is being in subjection to another power. John 1:1 clearly says the scripture/ the Word, IS God. And therefore obeying and serving the word, is obeying and serving God.
Oh dear. I think I’ve let my flesh run wild last night by not resting adequately (though I was at ZG’s house I still could have slept at 1 at least) and being so tired today. Though it isn’t wrong strictly speaking, it clearly wasn’t the best for me.
Thats it for now! I just re-did up the netcaster’s area on the website. I’ve got a whole entire new website in experimentation now. I’m going to build it up and populate it and learn learn learn. And with that same vigour, I shall do my reading and watching FBI. Haha…
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