THINKING BIBLICALLY

THINKING BIBLICALLY

This phrase, "thinking biblically" has been on my mind for some time now. I use to share this with the guys in my dorm when I was a Dorm Supervisor. It was interesting to hear some of the responses I received. To think biblically requires us to give up some things that we has selfish people have always been unwilling to give up.(the way we like to do things)(doing what we want to do). It requires us to sacrifice doing things according to our norm and raising it to a standard that does not come natural to us.

A term that must be brought up while pondering this is "obedience". Two questions that must be answered are: To what standard then are we to live? Whom are we to be obedient to? The answer to both these questions is "God". If we are to think and live biblically, then the Word of God must become the silhouette(standard) to which we live our lives.

To be more specific in the application of this: how we parent, how we teach, how we perform at our vocation, how we respond during crisis, how we respond to others, how we view ourselves, how we do business, how we manage our finances, and how we view others must go through the screening of God's Word. That is thinking and living biblically. Putting aside what we think is best and doing things God's way.

For centuries man has struggled with Obedience. Over 15 times in the book of Judges, the phrase "And they did that which was right in their own eyes" is mentioned. It is referring to God's dealing with the people of Israel. God provided for them. God protected them. God punished them. It was a continual cycle and one that has carried over into our lives. We get caught up with WHAT we have, and WHO we want to be like, and end up forgetting HOW we are to live.

As we face today and the next, may we remember as Christians that we have a responsibility that precedes all others. We are to live OBEDIENTLY to the Word of God. In doing so, we then can live and "think biblically."