Job 13:23
How many are my iniquities, my sin?
My transgressions and my sin, inform me.
Sin and transgression were in Job 35:6 that I read this morning. Sin and transgression are in our every day as we go about our lives without God as the sole focus. We are not computers, but it seems that our natural tendency is to boot back up everyday and ask ourselves “What do I want now?”. We saw a not totally terrible new movie this weekend, but it was based on the age old ‘overcoming the problems we made by past decisions’ theme.
‘Iniquities’ and ‘sin’ were also ‘wrongs’, ‘offenses’, and ‘crimes’. There were also ‘have I committed’ or ‘have I’ added to the stitch.
‘Transgression’ and ‘sin’ were also ‘ offense’, ‘crimes’, and ‘wrong’. ‘Inform’ was also ‘show’, ‘make known’, ‘advise me of’, and ‘let me know’.
The world almost made a dramatic turn this weekend. The actual stories once know will be fascinating, but in the end, I believe, God protected the path forward by having the bullet only hit Trumps ear. With all the books I’ve read and all the movies I’ve seen, the number of variables involved in making such a shot explain the physics of a miss, but only God could direct the outcome.
As I slowly drag myself back into shape, I wonder why the main individual decisions are so hard to string together to do it faster. In one book I am reading, the key character is using 95% of his brain. Since the average person only uses about 10%, the character can do some amazing things. Only he is a loner with a normal job not really doing much good for anyone until an outside force impacts him.
I occasionally wonder if people will learn to use more of their brain as the long currents of time pass. I know that Christ will return. and some bad things will happen along the way, but I have no idea on the timing, and I have no idea why we have such greater brain capacity other than for some historical twist coming. The bad thing about such a turn is that we really only change when things are so bad that we have to adapt. As long as we are chasing after the mundane, our brains will continue to be mush.
My only wonderful thought in all this is that if we can focus our lives on loving God and loving our neighbor, that must be enough to utilize more of our brains than we currently do. If that is God’s design for us, then how can we not get better by following His lead. I want to be in shape and stay that way through out a long life, but that long life must serve God through Christ or it will be worthless. So I think we need to know when we are not using our all for Christ so that we can eliminate what is not and add what it. Tell me my sin, so that I may cut it out.
Written 7/15/24, Posted 8/15/24, Job 306