Channeling Grace

“Just as the anointing has taught you, remain in him.” (1 John 2:27 TPT)

Try this simple experiment: Open your kitchen faucet on one side of your sink and place a cup on the other side. Hold a straw under the running water and angle it so as to channel the water into the cup. What are the variables that affect the conveyance of water? What happens if the cup is not lower than the water source? What if the straw is not held steady in the stream of water? Does the straw have to be closer to the stream or the cup? Wouldn’t it be ideal if the cup were positioned directly under the faucet?

Positioning ourselves under God is the most important factor in our life of faith. Ideally we would all place ourselves directly under HIS power. Ministry is the channeling of grace to those who are still at a distance. Those of us who are called to carry Christ have to be focused: we must remain steadily in the flow of anointing. We must be properly aligned in order to convey the Message. We won’t be able to reach everyone. Those who have placed themselves too far away or too high may be inaccessible at this time. However, do not give up hope. Life circumstances may humble them. Maturity may bring them closer to Christ. Just focus on your mission. Vigilantly hold yourself in position. Abide in the stream of grace. Allow God’s anointing to flow through you at all times. 

For a video of this experiment, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyEEJnXPw0E

Continuing Education

“As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit--just as it has taught you, remain in him.” (1 John 2:27 NIV)

Authors naturally lean toward topics they know about and emotions they have experienced. I tend to write about what I am currently studying. In general, I am a curious person who enjoys intellectual pursuits. I love learning new things, but sometimes I get stuck. And, since my writing reflects what I am trying to understand, these same topics appear over and over again.

This is the 2000th post on this blog. In my search to know God better, I have had to grapple with my prior religious education and cultural conditioning. In order to differentiate between what is true and what is counterfeit, I continually sift and evaluate common teachings, traditional biases, and conventional precepts. Like a prospector panning for gold, I stand in the stream of Scripture, attentively examining everything that flows through the sieve of my mind. Not everything I find is gold; yet, everything requires close inspection. This can be tedious and repetitive, but it is part of the process of study. I shall continue to seek truth. My writing is mostly field notes to myself, a tool for learning and review. I share these study notes in the hope that they may be beneficial to others--with the caveat that my understanding is incomplete and always will be.