It’s not unusual for our eyes to lose depth perception as we get older, but generally speaking our perception of one another’s character gets better with age. Where we might use life experiences in measuring another’s character, God has a unique way of determining the depth of our spiritual character. “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (Heb 4:12 ESV) I suppose some believers actually neglect the word of God in hopes of avoiding the spiritual autopsy.
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Gail;
-----For us the sharpness of perception comes from honoring the Word as we age. Everywhere there are folks as old as the hills and as dull as a stone because they have lived lives of denial. They have fashioned their own principles from the substance of their own experiences and created their own realities that will blow away with themselves like dust in the wind when they are gone. Indeed they are real to themselves while they live only because this temporary life has been fashioned by God in such a manner that survival within it requires little more than finding food, shelter, and a basic level of cooperation. Survival beyond it requires finding the truth.
-----All that can be seen without the Word are patterns. Although the Word does not increase the physical acuteness of our senses, it explains the patterns we see. Accepting its explanations and shaping our experiences accordingly familiarizes us with perceptions of patterns that preceded this temporal existence and will remain after it. These perceptions sort through the patterns of this twisted, foggy life like a boy through a bag of marbles.
-----But for God the Word is even sharper. His sight is not limited to receiving photons within a narrow band of wavelength. He sees all things everywhere. And his perceptions are not limited to a short life of experiences encountered while being only somewhat righteous. He as been as long as been has been and always as perfect as be can be. His perceptions are clearer than a bell, straighter than an arrow, and there is not a pattern He hasn’t seen. His Word autopsies us for our insight as we obey it. It autopsies us for His insight even while we think, feel, and act regardless of whether we hear it or obey it.
Love you all,
Steve Corey
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