What would happen if people judged you by your big toe? Not even both of them, imagine complete judgement of who you are based on just one toe on the left foot.
The website 'dates-r-us' would ask people to send a photo of the big toe on the left foot. No face. No profile. Just Big Lefty. How accurately would people be able to judge you based on that one slice of visual information?
What if the cover letter on you resume was a portrait of Big Lefty. The prospective employer would look at the toe and make a conclusion based on the wealth of information gleaned from that digit on your foot.
Both silliness and injustice (and in my case fear - there's a reason I never wear sandals) seem to scream in our spirits. "That's not right! There's no way to know someone from such a limited exposure! My toe doesn't reveal enough about me! My toe doesn't tell you the whole story!"
Do you know that we do that to God all the time? Based on a limited view, a small window, an event, or even a single bible verse.
That's how things get taken out of context in the bible. I focus on a toe and assume I know the person. The bible is a story. The Christian journey is a story. We err when build our judgement on less than the whole.
Look at the whole story of Christ. Hear him hum through the events in the bible before he was born. Watch him walk in the gospels and fill the air with his song. Listen to his Holy Spirit empowered echo in the birth of the church, and tune in to the choir as his musical score continues in and through us.
His big toe is great, but get to know more than that or you'll miss knowing him.
Still Getting to Know Him,
Pastor Dave
The website 'dates-r-us' would ask people to send a photo of the big toe on the left foot. No face. No profile. Just Big Lefty. How accurately would people be able to judge you based on that one slice of visual information?
What if the cover letter on you resume was a portrait of Big Lefty. The prospective employer would look at the toe and make a conclusion based on the wealth of information gleaned from that digit on your foot.
Both silliness and injustice (and in my case fear - there's a reason I never wear sandals) seem to scream in our spirits. "That's not right! There's no way to know someone from such a limited exposure! My toe doesn't reveal enough about me! My toe doesn't tell you the whole story!"
Do you know that we do that to God all the time? Based on a limited view, a small window, an event, or even a single bible verse.
That's how things get taken out of context in the bible. I focus on a toe and assume I know the person. The bible is a story. The Christian journey is a story. We err when build our judgement on less than the whole.
Look at the whole story of Christ. Hear him hum through the events in the bible before he was born. Watch him walk in the gospels and fill the air with his song. Listen to his Holy Spirit empowered echo in the birth of the church, and tune in to the choir as his musical score continues in and through us.
His big toe is great, but get to know more than that or you'll miss knowing him.
Still Getting to Know Him,
Pastor Dave
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