Sometimes I think God sits up in heaven looking down at His kids saying, "Think, people. think!" The older I get the more it seems that very few people take the time to think for themselves and discover for themselves what God has to say. We like to be told what to think. We would rather take the easy way out and trust what someone else says. The trouble with aimlessly following a man, is man is fallible. Even the best and most godly people will make mistakes occasionally. It is imperative that we are students of the scripture ourselves. We need to study for ourselves to be able to show ourselves approved workman for God (2 Timothy 2:15)
I don't know about you but this can be a little scary. I am not a scholar. I am not a genius. I am not a theologian. If you have read many of my studies you would be well aware of that by now. However, I do not think that gives me reason to let someone else study for me. The Christian life requires everything. My heart, soul and MIND. I must continue to think and question and seek God for every answer to every question that plagues me.
As God stands before us and pleads, "Think, people, think!" we may not play every note right or understand how to do everything perfectly, but like the parents watching their kids play, God will be proud of the very few thoughts we have that are His thoughts. The more we understand and search the scripture, the more we learn to play proficiently and proclaim the Truths of God.
SCRIPTURE READING
1 Chronicles 28:9-10, Psalm 92:5-6, Psalm 139, 2 Timothy 2 :14-26, Hebrews 4:12-16, James 3:13-18
BOTTOM LINE
Thinking does not happen, it takes practice.