JMD Devotional 215 Psalm 119:96 Unlimited View

I have seen that everything [human] has its limits and end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity].

Our thoughts and perceptions are limited to the box of our context. We live and function in a specific time and culture and status that all shape our view of the world; though we rarely grasp just how incomplete that view is. Worse, it is natural to assume that God sees things from our perspective, to include our social bias, latent prejudice, and worldly values: this is all very anthropomorphic. We see in part, God sees and knows in whole. God has no trouble relating to an illiterate person subsisting off a garbage dump; nor does He prefer the company of Ivy League scholars at tea. There is a lot of good writing available to Christians that is profitable to life and godliness, I myself read two other devotions a day; but these things have their limits. There is not another person on earth you could walk with who at some point does not seem to get off track; there is not ever complete agreement on every interpretation of doctrine (especially in marriage!) Good writing should always point back to the source, which pierces the scriptures and continues to the heart and mind of God.

Dear God,
I thirst for unadulterated truth; for any word that flows out of Your spirit into mine. In the midst of chaos and distraction, please quiet my soul to hear Your voice, to feed on Your Word, to meditate on Your wisdom. In my shallowness, I confess looking down on and dismissing people who are precious to You. Forgive my vanity. Fill me, and help me to transcend my limited framework so Christ can engage a larger world through and with me.
Amen

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