Genesis...

In Mark 4, Jesus is standing in a boat on the banks of a river and He speaks the Genesis - The Tale of where it all begins. He actually explains to the disciples that the 'Word' of God will open eyes that cannot see.... allow the spiritually deaf to hear..... and explode lives by the grace of the living God. Jesus invites a group of people down the 'rabbit hole' of the faith and dares them to plumb the height and depth of the love and grace of Jesus Christ! He whispers to a group of disciples, "do you want in? Do you want to this movement called the Kingdom of God? It's mammoth.... it's life altering.... it's mind blowing... and the seed for this whole colossal deal is the Word of the living God!"

I am driven by a desire that I just cannot resist. I share an insatiable curiosity and a holy dissatisfaction with the norm and it presses me to abandon restraint. I am not sure that I even have an option to stay in a 'normal faith' or a 'safe life'. I want to constantly awaken to the Kingdom of God.... I want to see the unseen... to hear the anthem of the King of Glory... I want to plumb the depths of His grace.... I want Jesus Christ!

So, if there are a few of us who long for something this radical, Jesus paves the way to gain a deeper passion for His Kingdom. He says, in Mark 4, that the Truth is the beginning. The Kingdom of God is conceived by the planting of seed. The seed is the Word (Mk 4.14). If you or I get the start wrong, all that follows is wrong as well. Concerning the Kingdom of God... the mysterious, unseen, unheard - our expectations, hope, and faith are directly linked to our passion for, study of, and eyes wide open to God's Word. If I don't begin with the Word, then I am blown around by the best that I have to offer... my best thoughts or considerations in the moment. I want more than my best thought! Jesus is pretty passionate about the idea of being saturated by His Word!

To plant the Kingdom of God and see it grow and bear fruit, two things are absolute; the good soil of our lives and the good seed of God's Word. This simple necessity is from God and its true. Unchanging. To see the life of the Kingdom of God germinate, grow, and bear fruit, then God's Word must abound and it must penetrate deeply into our core. If I do not plant the seed, I will not grow and I will not see the fruit of God's harvest. It's that simple.

I want to change the world! I want to hear, see, comprehend, and bask in God's grace. I must devour His truth..... His Word. I must rest in Him... Read large chunks of His truth... Put His truth into practice... Memorize massive sections..... I must fall in love with Him. It seems that loving Him and allowing Him to roam freely is directly correlated to His Word.

May the Word of Christ dwell in us richly! May we be well-known as lovers of the Word!!

Enjoy today. Enjoy Him. Enjoy His Word! Feel free to click on comment below and enter the conversation.

For the Glory,

Mark