Good Thursday-Goings and Comings

Good Thursday morning to you. I hope this week is going well for you. Yesterday When Patti Beth and I were on the plane from Tulsa to Houston, we were discussing a passage of scripture out of Isiah and then another out of I Corinthians. Before I went to sleep, I was thinking about how much I enjoyed talking about it before and I couldn't help but wonder if anyone else in that plane had been talking about the Bible. Do most people talk about the scripture as they go through their day as a normal rule do you think? 


A few months ago I talked about the Hebrew word SHEMA, to hear and obey. Since before the time of Jesus, Jewish believers have recited the "Shema" each day (Deuteronomy 6) as a means of reminding them of the importance of the Word of God. 


“"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭6:4-9‬ ‭ESV‬‬


It was and is a way for them to commit themselves to listening to God's Word and obeying it. And both of those words--hear and obey are verbs, so action is implied. Remember when Jesus said "he who has ears let him hear?" He was using that word Shema so obviously, He was telling them to hear AND obey. 


One part of the Shema says that believers should discuss God’s Word " Jewish rabbis like Jesus took this literally, so they discussed and taught scripture anywhere, anytime. There’s the story in the Gospels of Jesus teaching "all of scripture" while walking with some of his disciples along on the road to Emmaus.

Do you find yourself only talking about the Bible at church on Sunday or maybe in your small group. Do you get too busy or do you find other things just more interesting? For the first followers of Jesus, it was just natural. 


Today, let's try to consciously talk more about scripture in our everyday conversations...in our comings and goings. Hear and obey. 


Love you friend,

Pam


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  1. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2017 at 7:26 AM

    Thank you for this message~love you dear Sister~

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