Episode 96. I Know God by His Revelation (my soul stirs for reconciliation of the heavens and earth)

I spend a good portion of BUOY in the scripture. I believe it’s the most powerful place to hang out together. I suspect I lose humans long before I say “His grace, my gratitude...” because of all the scriptures I note. But I do so as if studying the stars, like the shepherd David. The more I study His Word, the less I want to rewrite it. That’s a hard-fought truth as a writer.

God redeems my life through my witness. I can write about that because the more I study His Word, the more I want to live in His bigger story where the heavens and earth unite.

And He gives me a medium for sharing my spiritual gifts. God gives me, gives all of us one way to boast.

Jeremiah says in Chapter 9: 23-24: Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

God delights when His people truly know Him. Because to know Him is to love Him.

That’s how we witness. We boast in God’s sovereignty, His steadfast love, His bigger story, His everything.

A powerful witness is born out of my own inner apocalypse, so I ask this question:

Is knowing God through Christ the most valuable thing to me? Is it the most valuable thing to you, human?

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Episode 95. What I Keep Asking God to Give You (the mystery of Christ)

Ephesians 1:9-10

9 he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.

Paul starts with the “mystery of His will” for the purpose of what? “To bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.”

Where do I start? Stand beside me for this, human. We start by taking the timeline away, that perspective that thinks earth is now, heaven is later. That perspective contradicts that God is timeless. That perspective contradicts that the heavens have always existed.

We live in both realms now. One day, the heavens will reign in the fullness of Christ.

Why is this so important to how we witness?

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Episode 94. The Questions Jesus Gives Us to Ask (because He never met a stranger)

Jesus has never and will never meet a stranger. I am following the man who knows everyone. And it is through His eyes I want to see those who I do not yet know.

The Gospels give us the roadmap for how Jesus did it, and how we are to do it. The beauty of asking the question that speaks to someone’s heart beyond what the person asks for. Or thinks is needed.

The questions Jesus asked are powerful cues for how we connect with those He has put in our path to love. On a first take, it might look something like this.

Jesus said, “Who touched me?” – aka, I say, “How can what I have help you? What do you need from me?”

Jesus said, “Why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” – aka, I say, “I see you are hurting. I see you are searching; I know where He is.”

Jesus told us and tells us His love is one question away from a conversation at the well, in the garden, outside the temple, and all the places we put one foot in front of the other.

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