Wednesday, December 16, 2015

KRISTINA

Good Morning! I am Kristina Crabtree Pastor of Mission and Evangelism at Central United Methodist Church.
So let’s look at Ps.1: 2-3, “But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water…” When you read this, you will see two things: an action and an image. The action is mediation and the image portrayed is a planted tree.

Meditating on the Torah, which is the law of God, really comes from a verb that means to “throw something.” You see, God’s words are directed to us as us being the targets.

Most of the time we read scripture and even pray scripture in a “fuzzy feel good mood” but God intends for his words to “hit us” directly where we are. But do we see the word of God as something that “hits us?”

Eugene Peterson says, “God’s word is not a reference book in a library that we pull off the shelf when we want information. That is so true. I have to be reminded of this. So I encourage you today, when you pick up the word of God, don’t pick it up as if it is a book off the shelf to gain information, but let the words of God hit you, square in the face, where you are. Have a great day!