I appreciated a dialogue that I had with a young lady that still doesn’t believe in God, but she had learned through a Christian lady on tictok about the responsibility we have to share our faith. And it went something like this…
Lets say you and I lived together in the same house with an awesome backyard, and I was out in the backyard reading my Bible while you were inside watching a movie. After I finished reading…
Psalm 119
25 My soul clings to the dust;
Revive me according to Your word.
26 I have told of my ways, and You have answered me;
Teach me Your statutes.
27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts,
And I will meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soul weeps because of grief;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
29 Remove the false way from me,
And graciously grant me Your Law.
30 I have chosen the faithful way;
I have placed Your judgments before me.
31 I cling to Your testimonies;
Lord, do not put me to shame!
32 I shall run the way of Your commandments,
For You will enlarge my heart.
Gradually looking up from my Bible to think on what the Spirit is communicating to my soul see something move on the ground not far from where I’m sitting in the backyard. Thinking nothing of it, I ask myself, “What does it mean for my soul to cling to the dust?” … movement takes my attention again; I focus in on the object—it’s a snake! So I head back to the house to go inside, but once at the door notice you are coming outside.
At this moment there’s a choice I have to tell or not tell you about the snake, but is there a wrong choice, if so, how and why?
The snake represents what is evil in this world, and the knowledge I have about that snake is what condemns my soul to cling to the dust of death as every dead cell flacks and falls from the skin of my sin. So what if I chose not to tell you about that snake in the backyard? Am I responsible if you get bit and die? Say you do get bit; was it the snake that was evil… or me? And if I am evil, then who can hold me accountable for the choice that I made? Does a person’s life only measure so far as it’s biological makeup, or does the fact that we’re conscious of good and evil mean justice beyond our dust of death? Will knowledge advance the human race to become like God, or become the Satan?
Is there no reward in sharing information about what will harm you, such as the experience of love by telling someone…
There is a snake in the backyard!
The choice is yours to proceed with that knowledge.
DISCLAIMER:
Nathan Psychology: The study of oneself for righteous behavior, and my written perspective on the experiential process of edification to sanctification; what does it mean to be made new through faith by believing that Jesus Christ is the way to my salvation? I’m discovering answers through spiritual discipline—
"NOT WITH INK" 