Always Studying, Never Learning

Are you on a search for truth? Many people are these days. Spirituality is on the rise as people realize there is more to life than working our tails off to get more stuff. For some, the journey to find spiritual truth is like getting on a treadmill. You search all the world's religions, and even search through the Bible, trying to make sense of it all, but you can't. It seems that something stands in the way.

The Apostle Paul recognized this state when he described some people to a young pastor named Timothy:

2 Timothy 3:7 always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

If you have studied the Bible, even for many years and with a doctorate, but still can't find the truth, the problem may not be in your head, but in your heart. You see, our rational, finite human minds cannot fully conceive of an infinite God. He appears irrational to us and so we reject what He says.

"It's just too simple!" we say.

I think the problem may lie in the fact that we want to be masters of our destiny. If we can't understand something then it cannot be true because we are really the center of our universe.

I suggest that your heart, your will really, needs to let go and let God do the work of bringing truth to your life. You can't get enough knowledge to know it all, or even to understand God fully. But you can let His Word bypass your head and go into your heart.

2 Timothy 1:8-9 God, 9 who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.

For whatever reason, God has done all the work. Invite Him into your heart by changing your mind about your condition, admitting that you have fallen short, then grasping onto the free gift of new life that God gave through His Son Jesus.

Then God will begin to speak to both your heart and your mind!

Pastor Tom