There has been a question in my mind over the past several days. Should I continue with the Oswald Chambers devotional writing each morning as a kickoff time of study and meditation?
My thought was that, although Chambers was a good writer, a deep thinker, and a man of God, should I use the words of a man, however good, to be the basis of my study? Why not go straight to the Bible, God's Word, and let God speak to me, If He would, right from that?
So this morning, I logged on to the site I use for journalling and decided to look at another part of that site which led me through a particular part of the Gospels each day, with steps that encouraged me to read and think on that passage and then put down what I felt God was lifting out for me to focus on that morning. There were five steps that focused and then refocused my thoughts and prayers on God and where I wanted to be in relation to Him
My prayer, before I started all of this new thing, was for God to reveal to me the way I was supposed to go for my study right now. Here is how that prayer was answered.
The Examen.me study was on John 9, and the story of the blind man healed by Jesus with the mud from his spit. The words that seemed to be lifted out of this passage for me were threefold.
1. I am the Light of the World
2. How were your eyes opened?
3. Go
Thinking on these words, my mind ran straight to a song that Mayre Lou and I had tried to remember from the service yesterday. We knew it was one we used to sing when our little (then) church began, but we could not place the title or even the words.
The song was "Light of the World" and it begins:
"Light of the world
You stepped down into darkness.
Opened my eyes, let me see.
Beauty that made this heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You"
So, did I get a confirmation on the way I should go, or was it pure happenstance?
Good grief, will I have to change the name of my blog, too?
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