Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone will open to me, I will come in and sup with him, and he with me (Rev. 3:20).
Most of us act as if we believed the spiritual dimension is not as important as the physical and mental/psychological dimension of life. We know that our physical lives are controlled by what's in our heads and hearts, so we pay psychologists big bucks to help us get our heads screwed on right. All the time, we fail to recognize the importance of the spiritual world, the spiritual dimension, in its power to re-order the thoughts of our minds and hearts and the workings of our physical dimension. We are embarrassed to give credence to the spiritual world, as though that makes us less "scientific," less intellectual, as if only very simple people really believe in God.
If we are not open to the importance of the spiritual realm, to God's influence in our lives, all we have left is the physical and the psychological dimensions---and how sad is that? As if we could somehow "think" our way into the fullness of life!
If we do not open the door and allow God to speak to us, direct our thoughts, then we are controlled by the thoughts of our own mind, our own up-bringing (the Scripture calls it "the empty way of life handed down by our fathers"), or the external world, or the suggestions from the world of sin and death. We are vulnerable to every form of spiritual death if we are not strengthened and taught by the Spirit of God.
Once we welcome Wisdom, the Spirit of God, as personified in Proverbs 8 and the Book of Wisdom, into our lives, we are no longer dependent upon what we know or what others "know," but instead we are open to be taught of God. According to one writer,* "Secular thinking is devoid of ultimate meaning because it lacks faith and love, because it is ignorant of God and has edited out of its awareness the deeper dimensions of life and love...[but] it is awe-inspiring how quickly transfiguration begins as one embarks on a spiritual path. The darkest mind can spaarkle like a freshly polished window. The central components of human wisdom include insight, self-understanding, and self-confidence, all of which grow and develop from [allowing the Spirit to teach us wisdom and Jesus to do the inner work of transforming us]."
Our journey toward Truth and Wisdom begins with a single step----opening the door and welcoming Jesus--the Way, the Truth, and the Life--into our hearts, minds, and lives. If we cannot bring ourselves to this point, we are condemned to roam the world searching for human truth and wisdom, and then the question becomes, "Whom do you trust to reveal to you the truth?"
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