tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002477094440121289.post5780858396603561536..comments2023-03-25T05:48:13.067-07:00Comments on PastorDavidRN's DANCE with THE NAKED TRUTH: “WILL YOU SURVIVE?”David L. Hattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328716551685859425noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002477094440121289.post-62229966374593243802014-02-20T15:10:12.083-08:002014-02-20T15:10:12.083-08:00Indeed, knowing the One from Whom all other intere...Indeed, knowing the One from Whom all other interests, answers, and adventures come is the greatest adventure, a never-ending story! David L. Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328716551685859425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002477094440121289.post-45529258214610342572014-02-20T09:56:41.126-08:002014-02-20T09:56:41.126-08:00I have found that quite recently my focus in life ...I have found that quite recently my focus in life has taken a dramatic turn. For the first fifty-some years of my life, I was consumed with the "doing"...the "being", and while those things were good, they obscured the best. I was a husband...a father...a provider for my family, and God called all those things "good", but they left little time for the One who called them "good".<br /><br />Science and engineering may explain why my vehicle handles well, corners as if riding on rails, stops on a dime, and will turn on a dime and giving nine-cents-change back. What it doesn't explain is Who gave those engineers and scientists those fabulous talents to design that driving machine and its high-quality tires. Science doesn't always point us to our Creator, but He is where our focus should be, if our eternal survival is going to be joyous and productive.<br /><br />More recently God has forced me to pull back on the throttles and slow down, due to health issues and getting older. He also has my much-less-divided attention. Now, rather than trying to learn the science behind my vehicle, I want to know the One Who gave those minds their talents. I have had my fill of science and technology in my "past-life".<br /><br />The first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism is: "What is the chief end of man?". The heavily-loaded answer is "Man's chief end is to glorify God, and enjoy Him forever". <br /><br />How can we rightly glorify Him Who we do not know, or enjoy Him of Whom we have no understanding? While I may be able to spout doctrine and theology like a pro, unless those things are biblicaly-accurate, and they have sunk deep in my heart, they are empty knowledge. Empty knowledge often leads to pride of knowledge, and PRIDE is an idol.<br /><br />Getting to know Him better has become a high priority in my life, and the more I know of Him, the more I WANT to know of Him. Only by knowing more of Him can I walk closer TO Him, and the closer I walk with Him, the less my earthly legacy matters. <br /><br />Properly ordering my life now will guarantee that I will have plenty of time in eternity for discovering all those things that really don't truly matter now, and which I had no time for in this life.<br /><br />God bless!<br /><br />SteveSteve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13603131521759216748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002477094440121289.post-14818505676741451572013-12-07T17:53:41.373-08:002013-12-07T17:53:41.373-08:00Amen, curiosity points to the eternality of our be...Amen, curiosity points to the eternality of our being, for it is never completely satisfied, and I believe God meant it to be so....David L. Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328716551685859425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002477094440121289.post-34548313190798602882013-12-07T12:46:41.602-08:002013-12-07T12:46:41.602-08:00Great poem. The phrase "We die in the midst o...Great poem. The phrase "We die in the midst of wanting to know more about everything" is powerful in context of our limited life.<br /><br />In another context, our dreams and passions and why God put us here on this earth can die too by wanting to know more about everything.<br /><br />Even still, curiosity throughout eternity is an exciting concept that says that our spirit grows and grows and grows past our bodies.Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08427476755848856922noreply@blogger.com