He showed me

Matthew 13:51-52 “Have you understood all these things?” They said to him, “Yes.” 52 And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”

Matthew thirteen is a unique chapter in the Bible in that Jesus clearly explains two of his parables that he taught. Parables are how he taught; in this chapter he explains why, and he explains two parables clearly. We always want to know what the Bible means, and in Jesus’ own words in this chapter are explained. There is also a blessing and responsibility found to those that understand, they are called to go forth teaching what they have been given. God may be using them as instruments of shedding light to those hearts that are dark. Faith is a spine of Matthew 13; faith to believe opens the mind through the door of the heart to the truths of God. Faith is not intellect, nor is intellect found in diligent study. The understanding of the Bible is a gift of God that begins with humility.

There is a point of your Christian growth as a disciple that you begin to grasp that your understanding is a gift from God. The truths that are revealed to you become true blessings and ways you feel intimacy with God. The truths become special moments when he awakens your mind through your heart. A desire builds that continually draws you to his Word for a new truth that may come from him that day. You find yourself hungry for God’s Word and you find that desire filled only in God’s Word. 16 “But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;17 for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

I wrote my contribution letter for my India mission trip last night. In it I explained that God had shown me my next outlet for my faith was India. I explained that if I did not have social media, this blog, and my business as outlets for my faith, I would simply explode. I cannot contain my faith, and there is nothing else I would rather discuss with you than what God can, or is doing in your life. Christianity is not a solo sport; it is a means to go outward with the only Good News that eternally matters and that eternally changes lives. Share your testimony, share your faith, share your “nugget” of truth God showed you in his Word today. He may be using your faith to encourage that person that stands before you every day. The truth He showed you in his Word, he may be showing to them through you.