Everything is holy and revelatory of God. If nothing else, the Incarnation shows us the Presence of God in everyday life---in eating and sleeping, in work and in prayer, in relationships with other people, in gathering, harvesting, and planting, in study and in seeking. God Himself has entered into the life He created and blessed it with His Presence.
People tend to think of the Incarnation as a historic event, like the Civil War, that happened one time and now is over. But the Incarnation is on-going; the message of the Resurrection is "He is Alive!" (and Present!) Nature and prayer and those who believe are our contact-points with the living God in our midst.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Trust
He has "released my feet from the snare" and "taken up all the causes of my life."
My heart goes out to those who have not yet experienced the salvation, comfort, and protection of the Most High God, against whom all the powers on earth cannot prevail: If God be for us, who can be against?
Why will men say, "Let us build for ourselves a kingdom" when God says to us, "I will make your name great; I will build you a house; I will make you a blessing and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
Let us take God at His Word and build our lives on His Word, Who is the Christ.
My heart goes out to those who have not yet experienced the salvation, comfort, and protection of the Most High God, against whom all the powers on earth cannot prevail: If God be for us, who can be against?
Why will men say, "Let us build for ourselves a kingdom" when God says to us, "I will make your name great; I will build you a house; I will make you a blessing and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
Let us take God at His Word and build our lives on His Word, Who is the Christ.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
A Prayer for My Children
Let all my children say, "For me, the measuring lines have fallen on pleasant boundaries; how great is my inheritance!" (Ps. 16:6). Let them know who it is that apportions the earth acording to His plans and purposes. Let them cry out to the Lord, "Give me this mountain!"(Joshua 14:12), and let their cry be heard by Him Who alone has the power to overturn kingdoms and armies.
Establish them, O Lord, as "only children" in your eyes, just as You have done for me. Let the next generation, our descendents, cry out, "Up to now we have only heard about You with our ears, but now we have seen You with our own eyes." We will not hide from them the works of Your hands which you have done on our behalf (Ps. 78:4).
Establish them, O Lord, as "only children" in your eyes, just as You have done for me. Let the next generation, our descendents, cry out, "Up to now we have only heard about You with our ears, but now we have seen You with our own eyes." We will not hide from them the works of Your hands which you have done on our behalf (Ps. 78:4).
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Faith is a Way of Knowing
Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has spoken will be fulfilled.
(Elizabeth to Mary)
Faith is not manufactured by our own effort; it is breathed into us by the Spirit of God. It is the substance of things unseen---not seeing them, we yet know for certain that we possess them in the spiritual realm, and so we do not waver in unbelief.
If we know that God has spoken to us, we also know that what has been said must come to pass; if we know Him and if we know what He has said, we cannot doubt His eternal, powerful, and living word....
What is needed from us is our assent, like Mary's: Let it be done according to your word. Since the earth is man's dominion, God's word awaits man's word of assent--let it be done! Thy kingdom come! Thus man relinquishes his own kingdom/ ambition to the entrance of God's rule. Rather than the cry of Babel---let us make a name for ourselves---those animated by the Spirit of Jesus cry out: Father, glorify Your Name! Rather than "Let us build a tower unto the heavens," God's people allow Him to establish His kingdom on earth through their faith in His ability and willingness to do so. In every generation, God has kept a faithful people who believe His Word and pray for its fulfillment on earth as it is already established in heaven.
(Elizabeth to Mary)
Faith is not manufactured by our own effort; it is breathed into us by the Spirit of God. It is the substance of things unseen---not seeing them, we yet know for certain that we possess them in the spiritual realm, and so we do not waver in unbelief.
If we know that God has spoken to us, we also know that what has been said must come to pass; if we know Him and if we know what He has said, we cannot doubt His eternal, powerful, and living word....
What is needed from us is our assent, like Mary's: Let it be done according to your word. Since the earth is man's dominion, God's word awaits man's word of assent--let it be done! Thy kingdom come! Thus man relinquishes his own kingdom/ ambition to the entrance of God's rule. Rather than the cry of Babel---let us make a name for ourselves---those animated by the Spirit of Jesus cry out: Father, glorify Your Name! Rather than "Let us build a tower unto the heavens," God's people allow Him to establish His kingdom on earth through their faith in His ability and willingness to do so. In every generation, God has kept a faithful people who believe His Word and pray for its fulfillment on earth as it is already established in heaven.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Contemplation
To contemplate means to see with the soul. What ear cannot hear, we hear within; what eye cannot see; we perceive within; what the mind cannot conceive, we know and understand.
Without words, truth is spoken. Without a motion, love is communicated. His invisible Presence fills the room and all therein fall still, crying, "Holy, Holy, Holy."
Robert Frost could say this in a poem about snow falling off a tree; the rest of us have to stumble through with meaningless utterances.
Without words, truth is spoken. Without a motion, love is communicated. His invisible Presence fills the room and all therein fall still, crying, "Holy, Holy, Holy."
Robert Frost could say this in a poem about snow falling off a tree; the rest of us have to stumble through with meaningless utterances.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
What We Desire
We all desire what Satan offered Jesus in the desert---food for our natural man. We desire to obtain by our own powers food for the body and the soul and the spirit. We want bread; we want authority and dominion/ control over the laws of nature and the universe, and we want recognition, fame, glory, approval, adulation from others.
Jesus turns his back on all of these "natural" desires, trusting His Father for everything He needs: Unless a seed fall into the ground and die, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it produces rich fruit.
In dying to our natural desires, we give up everything, trusting ourselves, body, soul, and spirit into the hands of God, trusting Him with everything we know and have. And since we know that He "wastes" nothing, He takes the fragments of our offered lives, feeds five thousand, and gathers the leftovers.
In the story of the Tower of Babel, the men determined to build a tower to the heavens, to "make a name for themselves," a natural desire which was frustrated by their inability to understand one another. In the story of Abraham, God told Abraham to leave his people and his father's house and to go into a land where he was unknown and unrecognized. Abraham died to his natural desire for recognition, and in return, God promised to "make his name great," to make him the father of many nations.
God wants to "give us the desires of our hearts" (Ps. 37). He doesn't want us "grabbing" or "snatching" them---He wants to give them to us; He wants us to receive them from Him. Psalm 37 is rich with all that God wants us to have. Most of us, however, prefer to go after all these things with our own energy and power.
Here are the things promised [in Ps. 37] to those who trust in the Lord:
Jesus turns his back on all of these "natural" desires, trusting His Father for everything He needs: Unless a seed fall into the ground and die, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it produces rich fruit.
In dying to our natural desires, we give up everything, trusting ourselves, body, soul, and spirit into the hands of God, trusting Him with everything we know and have. And since we know that He "wastes" nothing, He takes the fragments of our offered lives, feeds five thousand, and gathers the leftovers.
In the story of the Tower of Babel, the men determined to build a tower to the heavens, to "make a name for themselves," a natural desire which was frustrated by their inability to understand one another. In the story of Abraham, God told Abraham to leave his people and his father's house and to go into a land where he was unknown and unrecognized. Abraham died to his natural desire for recognition, and in return, God promised to "make his name great," to make him the father of many nations.
God wants to "give us the desires of our hearts" (Ps. 37). He doesn't want us "grabbing" or "snatching" them---He wants to give them to us; He wants us to receive them from Him. Psalm 37 is rich with all that God wants us to have. Most of us, however, prefer to go after all these things with our own energy and power.
Here are the things promised [in Ps. 37] to those who trust in the Lord:
- safety; protection
- the desires of your heart
- recognition
- justice
- an inheritance
- peace
- upholding by the Lord; deliverance from evil and injustice
- abundance, even in famine
- generosity
- blessing on one's children
- wisdom
- a future
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Communion with God
We ourselves do not know either the language of God nor the thoughts of his heart. We cannot, on our own, communicate with Him nor He with us. We paint Him in our own image and put into His mouth our own words and thoughts, which are corrupt from the beginning. But He sends to us His own Son, His Word, His exact Image, to reveal to us His exact thoughts, which are higher than the heavens above and beyond the reach of our greatest imagination.
Except for His enlightenment and grace, except for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the flesh, we could not receive the words, the communication of God, even after He has spoken to us: the natural man cannot receive the things of the spirit (I Cor. 2:14). But Jesus, crucifying in His own flesh once and for all, the natural man whose understanding is darkened by sin, has made us creatures capable of receiving spiritual truth. He has made us "like God" by the power of His resurrection from the earth and the gift of His very own Spirit.
Let us then enter into His death and resurrection, agreeing to the death of our natural man which resists the things of God, embracing instead the new life given us in the resurrection from the dead. Death is painful, but it is only by laying down our natural lives and letting them go that we are finally able to take up the life of the Spirit of God in us. Paul said, "It is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me to the glory of the Father."
Except for His enlightenment and grace, except for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the flesh, we could not receive the words, the communication of God, even after He has spoken to us: the natural man cannot receive the things of the spirit (I Cor. 2:14). But Jesus, crucifying in His own flesh once and for all, the natural man whose understanding is darkened by sin, has made us creatures capable of receiving spiritual truth. He has made us "like God" by the power of His resurrection from the earth and the gift of His very own Spirit.
Let us then enter into His death and resurrection, agreeing to the death of our natural man which resists the things of God, embracing instead the new life given us in the resurrection from the dead. Death is painful, but it is only by laying down our natural lives and letting them go that we are finally able to take up the life of the Spirit of God in us. Paul said, "It is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me to the glory of the Father."
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Expansion of Life
The expanding universe is a metaphor for our expanding souls. From the infinitesmal moment of creation to the infinite expansion of space, we finally arrive at a sense of wonder and awe: My soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
The soul that does not continue to expand with the infinite power of God finally becomes a black hole, collapsing and imploding from within and sucking into the void all that is around it. If we refuse the continuing creative energy that is God's own life in us, finally there is nothing left for us except the darkness of non-life, non-creativity---the weeping and gnashing of teeth that is hell.
The soul that does not continue to expand with the infinite power of God finally becomes a black hole, collapsing and imploding from within and sucking into the void all that is around it. If we refuse the continuing creative energy that is God's own life in us, finally there is nothing left for us except the darkness of non-life, non-creativity---the weeping and gnashing of teeth that is hell.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Leap of Faith
People often regard the "leap of faith" as something terribly frightening, as though we must somehow jump into an abyss with no assurance that our life will continue. But actually, faith is the assurance of what we hope for because we know Him Who has given us that faith and hope. Jesus surrendered His life into the Father's hands because He knew the One to Whom He surrendered.
If we do not know God, we 'hope' for the best, but do not believe or trust Him. If we know God's unfailing love and faithfulness, we can trust all things into His hands---and trusting Him, we are not afraid to leave everything else behind:
Your father in heaven knows that you need these things (for survival) [and He will provide them], but seek first the kingdom of heaven....
If we do what He tells us to do, we can assuredly leave everything else in His care.
If we do not know God, we 'hope' for the best, but do not believe or trust Him. If we know God's unfailing love and faithfulness, we can trust all things into His hands---and trusting Him, we are not afraid to leave everything else behind:
Your father in heaven knows that you need these things (for survival) [and He will provide them], but seek first the kingdom of heaven....
If we do what He tells us to do, we can assuredly leave everything else in His care.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Valentine's Day
How would we ever know the closeness of God, His very near, breathing, Presence to each of us all of our lives, except that He sent Jesus? How would we know His longing for us, His watching for our return, except through the Parable of the Prodigal Son?
How would we suspect that we are not "locked into" our weaknesses and failings, that the new birth frees us from our sin nature, leaving us with a new spiritual nature, except for the revelation of God's secret, given to us in the "second Adam," as Paul refers to Jesus.
In Buddhism, it is necessary to discipline the old nature, to deny it everything in order to pass into nirvana, which is not the "peace that passes all understanding," but rather a denial of all reality. Muslims must fast and obey many rules to please Allah and be worthy of heaven. The difference that Jesus brings is the underlying assumption that we are first sinners, not worthy of being eternally loved, but loved anyway by the Father. We first know the Father as a "Helper," one who will never leave us or abandon us; One who forgives our transgressions and who embraces us in our filthy rags and then puts around our shoulders the rich cloak belonging to a son in his father's house.
We know conversion based on being first loved; we know grace, like the wind, by its effects in us, delivering us from the powerful grip of evil and destruction. We do not know how this grace arrived in our lives, only that it is present and effective in us. Always, for us, God moves first---and because He does, we awaken from darkness and respond to His love. There is nothing we can claim except sin and ignorance on our part. We do not "call down" the grace of God by human sacrifice, or worthy lives, or lofty thinking. We wait for our redemption from "the empty way of life handed down to us by our fathers."
It is scandalous to accept that the spiritual life begins with "This is my beloved child, in whom I am well pleased," and ends with obedience, rather than the other way around. God has turned all our thoughts and expectations upside down. No wonder the Jews said, "Who can accept this teaching?"
Imagine the heartbreak of God at our reaction to His freely offered love: No thanks; I'd rather have it my way---I'll earn my salvation. Then I can boast of what I have done.
Watchman Nee wrote a beautiful little book from his prison cell many years ago. Called Sit, Walk, and Stand, it outlines the pattern of the Christian life based on the Book of Ephesians. I first read this book about 35 years ago and have never forgotten the lesson---while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us; while we were still ignorant, God poured out abundant blessings on us; while we "sat," helpless to help ourselves, He sent His very own Spirit into our hearts, enabling us to get up and "walk" in His way. The "stand," you'll have to read for yourself---or just read Ephesians! It's all there!.
How would we suspect that we are not "locked into" our weaknesses and failings, that the new birth frees us from our sin nature, leaving us with a new spiritual nature, except for the revelation of God's secret, given to us in the "second Adam," as Paul refers to Jesus.
In Buddhism, it is necessary to discipline the old nature, to deny it everything in order to pass into nirvana, which is not the "peace that passes all understanding," but rather a denial of all reality. Muslims must fast and obey many rules to please Allah and be worthy of heaven. The difference that Jesus brings is the underlying assumption that we are first sinners, not worthy of being eternally loved, but loved anyway by the Father. We first know the Father as a "Helper," one who will never leave us or abandon us; One who forgives our transgressions and who embraces us in our filthy rags and then puts around our shoulders the rich cloak belonging to a son in his father's house.
We know conversion based on being first loved; we know grace, like the wind, by its effects in us, delivering us from the powerful grip of evil and destruction. We do not know how this grace arrived in our lives, only that it is present and effective in us. Always, for us, God moves first---and because He does, we awaken from darkness and respond to His love. There is nothing we can claim except sin and ignorance on our part. We do not "call down" the grace of God by human sacrifice, or worthy lives, or lofty thinking. We wait for our redemption from "the empty way of life handed down to us by our fathers."
It is scandalous to accept that the spiritual life begins with "This is my beloved child, in whom I am well pleased," and ends with obedience, rather than the other way around. God has turned all our thoughts and expectations upside down. No wonder the Jews said, "Who can accept this teaching?"
Imagine the heartbreak of God at our reaction to His freely offered love: No thanks; I'd rather have it my way---I'll earn my salvation. Then I can boast of what I have done.
Watchman Nee wrote a beautiful little book from his prison cell many years ago. Called Sit, Walk, and Stand, it outlines the pattern of the Christian life based on the Book of Ephesians. I first read this book about 35 years ago and have never forgotten the lesson---while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us; while we were still ignorant, God poured out abundant blessings on us; while we "sat," helpless to help ourselves, He sent His very own Spirit into our hearts, enabling us to get up and "walk" in His way. The "stand," you'll have to read for yourself---or just read Ephesians! It's all there!.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
The Communion of Saints
New Orleans has established its very own version of "the communion of saints;" the victory of one has become the victory of all---the celebration includes all--including those who have never held a football or run a sprint.
The belief in a spiritual communion of saints is very much the same---someone like me can commune with, learn from, ask for help from people like Mother Teresa, Padre Pio, St. Augustine, and the saints in our own families with whom we had some spiritual link. To know we can enlist the aid of this powerful spiritual army is to have the confidence that, no matter what, we can "win" the battle. The celebration has already begun in heaven; we just have to want to "be in that number."
The belief in a spiritual communion of saints is very much the same---someone like me can commune with, learn from, ask for help from people like Mother Teresa, Padre Pio, St. Augustine, and the saints in our own families with whom we had some spiritual link. To know we can enlist the aid of this powerful spiritual army is to have the confidence that, no matter what, we can "win" the battle. The celebration has already begun in heaven; we just have to want to "be in that number."
Friday, February 12, 2010
Exchange of Life
How much we love those on earth who unreservedly show us who they are, without pretense. It is hard to love those who protect themselves by remaining aloof. But in Jesus, God has opened His heart to us, showing us who He is. In Jesus, we see the love of God for little children, for helpless sinners, for the lonely and the outcast. We see God Himself kneeling on the ground to wash the dirty feet of the disciples after a long day on the dusty road. We see God appearing in the storm when men fear they are about to drown; we see His compassion for the hungry and the widow. We see His love for Mary and Martha, those women who gave Him a place to rest and to eat.
In Jesus, we see God as our Help in distress, our rock of refuge in the desert, our place of calm in the storm, our comfort in sorrow, as One who suffers our greatest travail, as One who goes with us into death itself and who brings us safely to the other side. God has not kept Himself in reserve; He has welcomed us into His very heart and life by first entering with His whole heart into our lives.
In Jesus, we see God as our Help in distress, our rock of refuge in the desert, our place of calm in the storm, our comfort in sorrow, as One who suffers our greatest travail, as One who goes with us into death itself and who brings us safely to the other side. God has not kept Himself in reserve; He has welcomed us into His very heart and life by first entering with His whole heart into our lives.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Exile
On the Island of Patmos, John was cut off from all that was familiar to him. He could not communicate with those around him, for he knew not their language. He was separated from the church---those who loved him and who loved his Jesus. He was too old to work and was not a part of society. The 'punishment' of the world set him apart for the work of God. From Patmos, he wrote the Book of Revelation, the mysterious prophecy of end times to come. Long, idle hours prepared him to receive secrets hidden from the world. Like Ezekiel, like Isaiah, like Daniel, he could now receive revelation of times to come.
When we find ourselves in "exile," in one way or another, maybe it is to prepare us to hear God speaking what He cannot say to us in the midst of other voices.
When we find ourselves in "exile," in one way or another, maybe it is to prepare us to hear God speaking what He cannot say to us in the midst of other voices.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Voice of God
In each one of us, the Holy Spirit pours out knowledge, wisdom, understanding, and truth. Each of us will express the truth and wisdom of God according to her/her own experience, background, vocabulary, and education.
The heaven proclaim the glory of God through clouds, colors, and light. The trees do the same thing using shade, light, movement, color, strength, or grace, depending on their species. To each creature is given a specific means of expressing truth, wisdom, and beauty. Marc Chagall once said that when he finished a painting, he would hold up against it a natural object, such as a stone, a leaf, or a butterfly. If the painting could hold its own against a natural object, he was satisfied with it.
Opening our eyes and ears means to see and hear the Spirit of God speaking through all that has been made. Regardless of the differences among peoples, it is the same Spirit that speaks through them if they belong to God. If they do not speak according to wisdom, beauty, truth, and understanding, the Spirit of God does not speak through them.
The heaven proclaim the glory of God through clouds, colors, and light. The trees do the same thing using shade, light, movement, color, strength, or grace, depending on their species. To each creature is given a specific means of expressing truth, wisdom, and beauty. Marc Chagall once said that when he finished a painting, he would hold up against it a natural object, such as a stone, a leaf, or a butterfly. If the painting could hold its own against a natural object, he was satisfied with it.
Opening our eyes and ears means to see and hear the Spirit of God speaking through all that has been made. Regardless of the differences among peoples, it is the same Spirit that speaks through them if they belong to God. If they do not speak according to wisdom, beauty, truth, and understanding, the Spirit of God does not speak through them.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Learning to Pray
To those who say they do not know how to pray, I would first ask who it is they are praying to. To contemplate that question is to contemplate God as He is in Himself and as He is to us. That is already the beginning of prayer.
As we contemplate---gaze at--- God, He graciously reveals more of Himself to us. That is the middle of prayer.
In the light of His revelation, we see ourselves---who it is that prays. And that is the end of prayer--to see ourselves as God sees us.
As we contemplate---gaze at--- God, He graciously reveals more of Himself to us. That is the middle of prayer.
In the light of His revelation, we see ourselves---who it is that prays. And that is the end of prayer--to see ourselves as God sees us.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Learning to Hear
The word of God is living and active, more powerful than any two-edged sword, able to discern the thoughts of the heart and to divide soul from spirit....
In the beginning, the Word of God lept forth from the mouth of God, creating the universe from the stars to the sub-atomic particles. That same word, 2000 years ago, lept forth from the mouth of Jesus to heal the sick and to call the poor and hungry who were awaiting redemption from oppression. All who heard the word were set free, just as much as the children of Israel were freed from the oppression of Egypt.
Is that eternal Word today any less creative, any less active in creating order and setting people free? In the time of Jesus, some said, "It only thundered" when God spoke from heaven. Others clearly heard a spoken word. Mary heard the voice of God and carried within herself His only Word. Elizabeth heard the silent Word within Mary, and "the babe in [her] womb lept for joy."
We, too, carry within ourselves the living and activie and eternal word of God. We are His carriers on earth. Those who have ears will hear the sound of our voice, and something inside will leap for joy. Those whose ears and hearts are stopped up will hear only a thundering noise that must be stopped.
If we do not love the truth, we will not hear the truth, for we love instead the things of this world. But if we love the truth, we will hear the voice of God and of one another.
In the beginning, the Word of God lept forth from the mouth of God, creating the universe from the stars to the sub-atomic particles. That same word, 2000 years ago, lept forth from the mouth of Jesus to heal the sick and to call the poor and hungry who were awaiting redemption from oppression. All who heard the word were set free, just as much as the children of Israel were freed from the oppression of Egypt.
Is that eternal Word today any less creative, any less active in creating order and setting people free? In the time of Jesus, some said, "It only thundered" when God spoke from heaven. Others clearly heard a spoken word. Mary heard the voice of God and carried within herself His only Word. Elizabeth heard the silent Word within Mary, and "the babe in [her] womb lept for joy."
We, too, carry within ourselves the living and activie and eternal word of God. We are His carriers on earth. Those who have ears will hear the sound of our voice, and something inside will leap for joy. Those whose ears and hearts are stopped up will hear only a thundering noise that must be stopped.
If we do not love the truth, we will not hear the truth, for we love instead the things of this world. But if we love the truth, we will hear the voice of God and of one another.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Be Perfect....
Jesus said, "Be ye perfect, as your Father in heaven is perfect," but He also said, "Why do you call me 'good?' Only God is good."
And how do we reconcile the two statements? John, in the Book of Revelation, gives us the answer: Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone open for Me, I will come in and sup with him and he with Me.
He will eat from our table---that is, participate in our fare, whatever it is. And we shall eat from his table---His own life, His own communion with the Father. By supping with Him, by sharing His life and allowing Him to share ours, we are transformed from "glory to glory," as Paul says, until at last we become indistinguishable in the Father's eyes from the Beloved Son.
God has made Himself as blind as Isaac, unable to see the liar and the cheat because what He tastes on His tongue is the food of His older, only begotten, first-born Son. We become what we eat; our DNA is changed. Paul says, "It is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me to the glory of the Father."
Let us sit down at the table with Jesus; let us open our miserable lives to him, allowing Him free access to all that is within us. Then we will be "perfect, as the Father in heaven is perfect."
And how do we reconcile the two statements? John, in the Book of Revelation, gives us the answer: Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone open for Me, I will come in and sup with him and he with Me.
He will eat from our table---that is, participate in our fare, whatever it is. And we shall eat from his table---His own life, His own communion with the Father. By supping with Him, by sharing His life and allowing Him to share ours, we are transformed from "glory to glory," as Paul says, until at last we become indistinguishable in the Father's eyes from the Beloved Son.
God has made Himself as blind as Isaac, unable to see the liar and the cheat because what He tastes on His tongue is the food of His older, only begotten, first-born Son. We become what we eat; our DNA is changed. Paul says, "It is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me to the glory of the Father."
Let us sit down at the table with Jesus; let us open our miserable lives to him, allowing Him free access to all that is within us. Then we will be "perfect, as the Father in heaven is perfect."
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