"All
Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NKJV)
Have you ever seen someone looking for their glasses, and all the while their glasses are on their head? That person may have been distracted for a moment, and so they began looking for something that they actually have. In the same way, if we are looking for something we already have, because we do not know what we do have, we can waste a lot of time and energy trying to find what is already ours. For example, if we thought we had lost our glasses we might go and buy a new pair of glasses, even though we already have what we need.
Not knowing what we have, naturally or spiritually, is not a good thing. If we do not know what we have, we might think we need to get something that is already ours, or we might think that we have to do something, when nothing is actually required from us. In the same way, not understanding something we have, or the value of it, is just as bad. For example, if you have something that is very valuable, but you do not realize its true value, naturally or spiritually, it would be as bad as if you did not have that thing in the first place.
As Christians, we need to know what belongs to us as a part of God's family, and we learn about this through God's Word. Although we do need to grow and develop spiritually, we do not have to go and find something that we are still somehow lacking to do so. As Paul told Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, God's Word has been given to us to help us and show us what we have in Christ, what we need to believe, and what we need to do. If we do not know about and take advantage of what God has provided for us and what belongs to us, then we might spend our time trying to find something that we already have.
that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NKJV)
Have you ever seen someone looking for their glasses, and all the while their glasses are on their head? That person may have been distracted for a moment, and so they began looking for something that they actually have. In the same way, if we are looking for something we already have, because we do not know what we do have, we can waste a lot of time and energy trying to find what is already ours. For example, if we thought we had lost our glasses we might go and buy a new pair of glasses, even though we already have what we need.
Not knowing what we have, naturally or spiritually, is not a good thing. If we do not know what we have, we might think we need to get something that is already ours, or we might think that we have to do something, when nothing is actually required from us. In the same way, not understanding something we have, or the value of it, is just as bad. For example, if you have something that is very valuable, but you do not realize its true value, naturally or spiritually, it would be as bad as if you did not have that thing in the first place.
As Christians, we need to know what belongs to us as a part of God's family, and we learn about this through God's Word. Although we do need to grow and develop spiritually, we do not have to go and find something that we are still somehow lacking to do so. As Paul told Timothy in 2 Timothy 3:16-17, God's Word has been given to us to help us and show us what we have in Christ, what we need to believe, and what we need to do. If we do not know about and take advantage of what God has provided for us and what belongs to us, then we might spend our time trying to find something that we already have.
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