Blind Obedience

The week has not begun to seem any more filled.

I need understanding.

We, as human beings, able to reason and deduce and interact, always want to be better. If that means being better people, being better at a skill, being better about a quirk, whatever that may look like, we always want to be better. The same is true for our thirst of wisdom. Have you ever listened to a person who didn't finish high school? They think they are the bomb! They generally try to give you advice on how to live because they've "been in the hard spots." EVERYONE wants to be wise. EVERYONE wants to understand the world.

Solomon wrote a book about it. About our search for being better.

I had never been interested in Ecclesiastes until I listened to Matt Chandler speak on it at Student Life Camp at Orange Beach Alabama. The dude (Solomon) tried everything. I mean, he had THE BEST of everything. He threw the best parties, had the best dinners, had enough women that he didn't have to have the same kind of sandwich twice for three years almost!

Dude was legit. But all throughout Ecclesiastes he tries to find fulfillment out of it. Everything turns out "meaningless."

In the end, the only thing that matters is that you 1)"Enjoy life with the One You Love," 2) you realize that "Wisdom is better than Folly," and you 3) "Remember Your Creator in your Youth." I think that the one thing that sums it up is 12:13-14, "The end of the matter; all has been heard, 'Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring everything into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.'"

Fear God and keep his commandments for that is the whole duty of man.

Blind following.

Deitrich Bonhoeffer talked about this in "The Cost of Discipleship" a little. He said that the initial following of Christ is not faith based.

WHAT?!?!?

You mean I didn't have complete faith in Christ when I became a Christian? absurd!

But he brings in a good point. The one example that struck me the most was that of Levi. Jesus says come and he leaves all custom, all possession, everything and follows Jesus.

WOW.

No idea who the guy is or how he will eat, he just gets up and goes. Faith comes second. For all of the disciple faith came after spending time with Jesus in His ministry.

So the call of worship today is for that of blind obedience in my life.

God bless, One love, and whatever other "goodbye" you might want to give.