I got nothing…which is something.

Blogged Bible Study Week 4

I got nothing… Nothing I tell you.  I kept praying that something would open up, that I would have some sort of sign about what I read in John 4.  Some sort of sign to help me open up to what I believe and give me a new truth to share.  Some sort of way for God to let me know that he is there in what I am reading in John Chapter 4.

OK… So what am I to write about this week?  Should I stand up and challenge God to give me something, only to be reduced to nothing like Job?  Do I make something up in hopes that the people reading this will not see I got nothing?

I have struggled all week with this chapter.  Woman at the well, Jesus reveals himself.  Nothing.  Child dead,  Jesus raises him by faith. Nothing.

Prayed for something,  Listened got nothing.

I mean come on this is God we are talking about.  The God who created the Universe,  made Man and Woman, Provided for Abraham, Parted the Red Sea,  Sent manna from Heaven,  Broke the Wall of Jericho, made Gideons Fleece Wet, Muzzled the Lions, Shielded believers in a  Furnace, Stood with David, Delivered words to the Prophets, Turned water to wine.  Surely He could give me something.  Not to mention talking to Moses from a  burning bush. That’s it I will set a bush on fire…ok Maybe not.   But alas, Nothing….  I got nothing.

John4:48 “Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”

Huh what’s that?   Well that is one heck of a statement.   Are you trying to show something?  Why just 48 ?

There is that word again…  Pisteou used with the below meaning.

to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith 1bc) mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith

Jesus at this point was confronted by a royal official of Galilee.  I don’t know that I am right or wrong, but I have to assume this man is Jewish or had knowledge of Jewish history.  So he should know all the things God did for the Jewish people.   Jesus is telling this man;  You are a smart man(and people) who believes based on what they see not hear.  You will need to see evidence and proof to believe.  Christ is acknowledging that some will hear and believe like the Woman at the well: To trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith.  Some will need God to act or do something so they can see the evidence, like the father of the dead boy the: mere acknowledgment of some fact or event: intellectual faith

I don’t know if you are like me or not, but when I read the Gospels, when Jesus is speaking I am captivated by his words.  It is like I can see him standing in front of me talking.   I also tend to need to see the evidence of God working in my life to affirm my belief in what Jesus is saying.  Like recognizing the word believe in the verse above.  It wasn’t until I let God show me instead of me looking that it finally jumped out at me.

I just pray that I have something to write about today.

Hmmm… Looks like nothing turned to something… I just simply believed He would show me something while I sat and wrote nothing.

~ by ckroboth on August 13, 2008.