several years ago myself and a couple of other guys were having a conversation with an author who made a brilliant statement, "ignorance is not the barrier, the illusion of knowing is."
lately, as i have been talking about this "new perspective" (new meaning different, not original) it seems as though i am reminded of this several times a day.
it is very difficult to communicate with people who think they know. ever talk with someone and their response to you was, "yea, i know"? because we think we know, because we think we see, we are in fact blind. Jesus said this to a group of pharisees who thought they "saw" what Jesus was talking about, but because their response was, "yea, i know" they were saying that there is nothing new that you can teach me, he replied you are blind... translation (if you need one)... you DO NOT UNDERSTAND! you just don't get it.
i never want to be one of those guys who sits back and remains unteachable because i think i know...
i never want to be disillusioned with thinking my opinions are best, my ideas are brilliant or that you can never teach me something that i do not already know.
my hope for us this year is simply this...
that we may have:
new eyes...
open hearts...
ready minds...
God is so much bigger than what we have made him... don't you think its time to stop worshiping that small little God that you made and worship the one that made you?
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