Maybe this happened with you too, but growing up inside a classical education system, we memorized everything. We memorized vocables. We memorized principle parts. We memorized periodic tables. We memorized speeches and Bible verses. I’m just saying that I spent a lot of time memorizing things. But that was only the beginning. Putting the information in my head was only the beginning. It was just information until later one when it became transformation.
Information alone doesn’t do any good unless that information penetrates our hearts and becomes a part of both the internal and external workings of our life. We want the information to change and transform us.
That’s what we hope to do in this new series. We want to spend some time in some important Bible passages, to remember what they say and what they mean, and then ask for the Holy Spirit to hide those verses in our hearts. Because when the truth of a passage - the information - penetrates our hearts, then transformation happens. Then we are made into someone who has peace doubled because God has gripped our hearts with his strong hands. Then we are equipped to do every good thing that God has prepared in advance for us to do. When these truths penetrate our hearts, we are transformed into people who pray first and worship with every fiber of our being.
It’s a summer to remember, but not just with our minds. It’s a summer to call to mind truths about our God and to ask him to press those truths down deep into our hearts so that the information is not just informational but transformational. This weekend we’ll be looking at Isaiah 26:3-4. Take a look and start pondering this truth already now. See you Sunday! Pastor Nate
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