Under fire, I tend to forget the Words of Jesus. I look everywhere for an answer but in the Bible. I listen more readily to the opinions and speculations of others. By the time I get around to prayer, my mind is filled with all kinds of vain imaginations. I may be a quick thinker, but my spiritual heart is often slow to grasp God’s truth. In Luke 24:25, Jesus exclaims to his fellow travelers on the Emmaus Road: “You fools and slow of heart to believe…” The word for fools here in the Greek means “one who drops to a lower level of thinking—only using the intellect—that tends to lead to moral fault”. In other words, slow-hearted people can more easily err in their assessments. After being called slow-hearted by a total ‘stranger”, stunned Cleopas and his friend were at a loss for words! (Maybe that’s what Jesus was after with his stinging rebuke.) They had heard many things, but it was time for them to listen. A curious thing occurred as they did: their hearts began to burn. (It’s not the kind of condition Prilosec or Tums can treat.) The Living Word Himself was burning away all the sludge from His slow-hearted friends. That’s how I know Jesus is communing with me—His words of life ignite a fire deep within, bypassing my intellect and fickle emotions, moving beyond my fears and stubborn mindsets. When what has been clogging your vision is burned away, then whatever you picked up or had to put down against your will reveals itself in a different light. You start to see a redemptive story that you never could have imagined—one powerful enough to break any barrier in order to reach others who are broken and often slow of heart.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:10:54 +0000
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