Opus 2025-295: Who Knows?

Did Abraham know that faith was counted as righteousness for himself?  I’m not sure that he ever was concerned about the theology involved in his conversations and obedience with God.  Unlike Moses and Jeremiah we do not see him arguing with God.  We see him packing up and going.

Faith in action or you might say faith was action.

I would suggest as a train of thought to investigate if perhaps faith is not really a conscious choice as much as it is a simple application of obedience.  When Peter stepped out of the boat we see no indication that he spent a lot of time debating the move.  He went.  He walked on water.  He only ran into trouble when he began to analyze what he was doing.  Did Paul realize his letters would be preserved as holy scripture or was he simply obeying the Spirit?  Have you ever wondered it Moses got wet when he struck that first rock?  Imagine the amount of water that would need to come out to supply a million people and their animals.  Did Moses swing from the side or stand right in front of the rock and go overhand?  God put him right in front.  Simple obedience.  No debate.

Did Moses discuss the nature of God with Yahweh?  I think he was too overcome with wonder and awe to even contemplate such a thing.  It’s possible that if we are in the presence of God, with the details of his character we get lost in the glory.

And yet we want to investigate every point of theology.  We don’t want to disconnect our reason and seeking truth but it might be a good habit to start out allowing our spiritual reflexes to get us started on a moment by moment basis.  Who knows, maybe someday something you do our say will be quoted as a great expression of truth.

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