I don’t want my
words to be just my opinions, built upon my prejudices and preferences. I don’t want my words to be a recitation and
regurgitation of the opinions of others.
I want my words to come from deep within, where my experiences and
knowledge have been composted with the energy and heat of the Spirit of Truth
that resides there. When I submit to
that process I can be sure that my words will be true and that they will be
few. One true word can do much more than
many opinions or recitations, just as one apple seed can produce many more
apples.
God created the
whole world with three words; “Let there be light.” God redeemed the people of the world with one
Word; Jesus Christ, His Son.
Jesus was a man of
few words, as was His Father. Their recorded words fill up one fairly small
book, in comparison to the multitude of commentaries and books written about
them and their words; a drop in the bucket, but those words fill the earth with
life. Their words are seeded with
authority and have the power to transform lives. The other words are read and relegated to
their homes on book shelves, lifeless and gathering dust.
Don’t get me
wrong; I love to read and study these books.
Over the years I have devoured many of them with great enjoyment. But they are limited in their scope; they
simply fill my head with information, some good, some garbage; they lack the
power in the words that God speaks; the power to inspire and transform my
life. While they are beautiful for a
season, they become like the fallen leaves and dead debris that gathers on the
ground during fall. In themselves they
are worthless, but composted, broken down, and worked on by the Spirit of Truth
they become fuel for new growth.
Solitude and
silence are my compost pile. They are
the place I bring my experiences, my thoughts, and my knowledge to. They break down deep within me to be worked
on by the energy and heat of the Spirit of Truth and will then be the words I
can speak; words that like seeds will be scattered to produce good fruit in the
lives of those who hear and who read them.
That is my honest intention; that is my hope.
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