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Bible Questions and Spiritual Discussion
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I wrote about this earlier this year...I'm looking for insight. When I wrote earlier somebody responded by saying something along the lines that I had pride in me about what I was doing. I've examined myself, and am fairly certain that this is not the case.
Anyway....2 years ago this month I was fed up with hearing 'Seek God and you'll find him.' I didn't know what that meant, and I asked him "How do I seek you?" The answer was to copy scripture. Since then I've copied all of the New Testament as well as Job through Malalachi as well as about 1/2 of Genesis. Sometimes when I write I hear a voice saying, "This brings healing to you."
What I wonder....could this writing thing simply be a distraction that really keeps me from finding God? Am I going about seeking him the wrong way? Was the answer I got a couple years ago that told me to copy scripture simply
satan's voice imitating God? I ask because.....I don't know. It all seems kind of strange. I often think of Namaan being told to dip in the river Jordan 7 times to bring about healing for himself....strange, but when he finally did it, he was healed. I think as I close in on finishing...should be done next November....I wonder...what am I going to do if I'm not healed of all of my stuff? What then? Will I have just wasted 3 years seeking God in the wrong way?
Any thoughts?
Please don't tell me I'm prideful....I rarely talk about this with anyone, actually just one close friend. I just wonder if I'm going down a rabbit trail that leads nowhere.
Thank you for any insights you may have.
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Ken Mikkelson 11/08/2011 10:07 |
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Ray
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11/08/2011 10:36 |
No rules, a daily walk, Ken. The idea is oneness, living through Him. I like the example of Jericho and Ai. Joshua 8:1 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land. You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.”
It's not the plunder/no plunder rule. It's walk with me. Same for writing. We are happy the Essenes wrote the Dead Sea scrolls. You would not want to read what I write, my boss says I have the handwriting of a axe murderer. I don't know if that's true, but it is pretty ugly. Steve Jobs changed computing as we know it by taking a calligraphy class.
So, who knows? You measure a tree by the fruit. What fruit is in your heart about writing.
The only suggestion I'd make is ask daily if He wants you to write today.
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Ray
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11/08/2011 10:46 |
Oh, I forgot the Jericho thing. He said selective plunder, right? Josh 7:18 But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it.
20 Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: 21 When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia,[c] two hundred shekels[d] of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels,[e] I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
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Craig from Illinois
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11/08/2011 13:43 |
Ken, I remember a discussion a while ago on these forums regarding the habit of copying scripture. I'm not sure if this is when you started, but I tried it and found it laborious and unfruitful. But you are hearing promises that are most likely the voice of God Himself!
So when you are hearing "this brings healing to you", you're not sure who is saying it? You and I have one thing in common... lack of confidence that God speaks! I really doubt that Satan would use "copy God's Word" as distraction so that you will waste your life in the most ironic method imaginable. In contrast, distractions from God tend to look like greed, laziness, covetousness, etc. Not only could one waste 3 years being distracted but their whole life!
I believe that you are being healed. Be open to what God is opening up for you in the scriptures. It's not about the work of copying, but He is writing the law of Love on your heart. I'm rooting for you Ken. I can't wait to hear your reply and an update a year from now.
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Davidwayne Lackey
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11/08/2011 20:51 |
Ken you can't go wrong in writing Scripture. When you write you also read soaking up The Word. It's like eating and drinking Jesus. I don't think Satan would tell you to copy the one thing that he is against. It used to be during the time of the Kings in the Old Testament that a king would have to make a copy of the Torah himself from beginning to end. This helped him to make Scripture a part of himself and made him a better king for all the wisdom contained in the Torah.
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Davidwayne Lackey
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11/08/2011 20:53 |
P.S. Well the good kings at any rate. The bad ones didn't write or follow.
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Ken Mikkelson
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11/09/2011 09:55 |
Thanks for your encouragement. Craig...your comment about not having confidence that God speaks is so true.
This a.m. I copied again, and God did speak to me about future things in my life. Wow!
Davidwayne-thanks for your comments about the kings. I wasn't aware of this,and I do believe that the scriptures are becoming part of me.
continuing to write, pressing on...
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Catholica
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11/10/2011 13:42 |
Ken, I know a little of your struggle if I remember correctly. It may interest you to know that St. Jerome, possibly the most famous Bible translator to ever live, overcame his temptations by translating the Bible, which is very similar to what you are doing. There is definite virtue in keeping it up. The brain has plasticity and can be changed if you are persistent. Keep filling it with good things, especially the word of God, and it will change you. And don't forget to keep praying!
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Tom B
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11/11/2011 10:02 |
Great comments!
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