Scripture Study Battle Cry, Eye to the Word, Stand Firm in Christ

A comment I heard recently really stuck with me. Mostly it stuck with me because it was like a flash light into myself into areas I had shrouded in darkness behind closed doors that I hope no one would notice. It lead me to ask questions about myself.

Do I allow circumstances and the world around me to determine how I interpret the Bible or does the Bible determine how I interpret my circumstances and the world around me? This question isn't even necessarily apart of the comment I heard but it is what I got from it and this question has stuck with me for quite some time.

There is a lot about God I don't understand (no duh right?) and there are things I have purposefully avoided because my interpretation of the world around me in those areas would be changed and I don't think I wanted them to change. There are so many sticky subjects in the Bible that I am tempted to gloss over or explain away. Even now I hesitate to get specific because I avoid the fire storm of contreversary and conflict.

I don't want to do that anymore. This morning I decided to let God reveal His truth to me even if I don't like it, even when it changes my ideas, changes me, rocks my boat and even if it turns my world upside down. I have to remind myself to take a deep breath because I know that this isn't a whimsy thing and what I will find there will surprise me and even change me forever.

I can't turn back now. I know to much. Light has shown into my life, God's Word has begun to be illuminated before my eyes and I cannot turn away. I'm too excited for words. I anticipate what I am afraid of. I can no longer claim ignorance of the Bible as an excuse for not standing firm in God's truth. I've got the Bible in my hand and the Holy Spirit in my heart. If I don't have the truth by now, well, I stand to blame. I do stand to blame. No excuses.