It's Been Far Too Long!

We're coming to the end of the year.
How do we look back and how do we look forward?

It's been an interesting year. My first blog was "The New Face of SIX33" and followed the "I'm Done" sermon (www.ibchighland.org/six33 - go to "Downloads").
God has really been working in my life in some very cool ways recently.
I've always held that Scripture is the inspired, inerrant, infallible Word of God, but lately, God has been bringing me back to that over and over.

There are two verses that I just can't get away from.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 says "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teachign, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."
2 Peter 1:3 says "His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence."

These two verses are such an encouragement to me. While I have never changed in my view of Scripture, lately, my passion to know and be saturated in Scripture has been renewed and refreshed.

Right now, I'm in the middle of a 30 day journey through the Book of James. I'm reading the entire book every day for the month of December. (I've challenged some of my students to join me on this journey). It's been so incredible to come to God's Word every day and even though I'm reading the same words as I read yesterday, and the day before, and the day before, etc. I see something new every day.

'For the word of God is living and active..." (Hebrews 4:12) This verse, along with the first two I listed, has been shown to be so true this month.

In today's society the whole concept of "truth" has been so watered down it's not even funny. There are even churches out there who don't seem to hold to God's Word as Truth. I just don't understand how you can claim to be a Christian and not hold to the inerrancy of Scripture.

So - saturate yourself with Scripture. Let your delight truly be "in the law of the Lord" (You HAVE to read Psalm 1).

Oh - and when you have time, check out the Pyromaniacs blog. It's deep, but really good! www.teampyro.blogspot.com