biblereflections

Friday, April 01, 2005

Col 2:2

THAT THEIR HEARTS MAY BE COMFORTED, AND THEY
THEMSELVES WELL EQUIPPED IN CHARITY AND IN ALL
THE RICHES OF COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING, SO AS TO
KNOW THE MYSTERY OF GOD THE FATHER OF CHRIST JESUS,
IN WHOM ARE HIDDEN ALL THE TREASURES OF WISDOM
AND KNOWLEDGE.
Colossians 2:2

All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in God.
We have access to COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING to know the mystery of God.

I could stop right there. WOW...

This morning I was reading a short story for the class I will teach tonight. Please be patient with me as I share it:
John arrives to his friends house and finds him dead, and he also finds a poem dedicated to him. Such an event pushes John into confusion, he leaves the house, he cannot call the cops because he himself is a thief.
He goes into all kinds of problems trying to figure out what is happening, people shoot at him, and persecute him. At the same time the police is on the look out for him.
He has no clue as to what is going on, so he does not know HOW to go about, WHO to call for support, or WHERE a good hidding place could be. He runs, he gets in a car, he leaves the car, he jumps into the bushes...all in fear, all in anguish, all in confusion.
Finally he is caught by one of the bad guys. They want him to give them information, but he has no idea of what is going on so he cannot be of any help.
As the guy beats him, and asks him questions, John is able to get VITAL information. He still does not have the information he is requested but now he understands WHY his friend was killed and WHAT the general picture looks like.
His persecuters leave him alone for a while. John is left laying on the floor, his hands tied, bleeding and bruised. He gets up, everything hurts but he is confident:
HE HAS A CLEAR MIND, he now understands what is going on, NOW he can escape...
and he does.

Do you get it? Why does the Apostle Paul continously talk of the need of knowledge and understanding of God?
IT GIVES US A CLEAR MIND, and then we can escape

Understanding of God gives us confidence...I am walking in such confidence that most people get upset..."BUT you should...AND you should...BEA!!!! REACT!!!!! ...time...money...your kids....BEA!!!!"
I was with God a whole year. I understand His ways a bit more.
I am bleeding and bruised and tied, BUT I have a clear mind...I will escape, I will be ok

Understanding of God comforts our heart... I am walking in such comfort, a deep comfort that many confuse for lack of love toward my sons.

Understanding of God equippes us for charity... I continue to love, and care for others as if I had never seen pain, this warmth is noticed and accepted only by the weakest ones.

Understanding of God... a key element to be set free.
There is hope.
Through the sacrifice of Christ on the cross we have access to:
COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING TO KNOW THE MYSTERY OF GOD

These are good, very good news.
Is your family in total chaos?
Is your brain full of lies and confusion, and you do not now who is who and where to go?

It happened to me, and not too long ago.
I bless God. The only one true God, who out of a love that I canĀ“t understand but that I accept, chose to have mercy and opened my heart to Him.
I honor the God who is God. Who out of His mercy, pushed my ....my everything aside, and took me by the hand, sat me by His side and shared with me a lot of Himself, so I could have a bit of understanding, a bit of knowledge of who He really is.
I render my life to the living God whom I met last year, alone in my house and through a Bible that somebody took the time to translate, to publish and sell.
I adore the God who is God, who by showing himself to me has given me a CLEAR MIND and a real option to escape the mess and fear in which I was living in.
All glory be given to the God of the cross, who took the cross to open an access so we could reach for COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MYSTERY OF GOD.

"God...You ARE God. Now I know there is true hope."