Four scholars argued which is the best tradition of Scripture. One argued King James version, another NIV, and still another, the New American Standard bible. The fourth scholar claimed he liked his mother’s translation best. The three replied: “O we didn’t know your mother was a scholar and a translator!” “O Yes, she translated the Bible every day into a living, breathing witness as she lived out her holy life”
This small excerpt i read in an article completed not related to this, simply cuts my heart, piercing into the deepest and innermost core of my being, that i am left breathless and panting that my heart is racing a thousand times. Am i exaggerating its effect? No, and i hope it has the same effect on everyone who reads this article. Aside from all the bibles we have (i have about 5 to 10 bibles with various translations, and a dozen more commentaries etc, and some thick theological books i can hardly understand) and all the Christian literatures we have, it all means nothing if we are not walking Scriptures, Scriptures made alive in my life itself. Everything else we have learned and read and understand will mean nothing if we are not IT. This blog will mean nothing, my bible will mean nothing. This excerpt hits me so hard, i want to break down and cry. God I am a sinner, who is a dirty player in this game of religiosity! A sinner in the hands of an angry God, i am that sinner, the worse of its kind. Friendship, money, career, my life, family shall all fade into its shadow behind the crux of this issue that’s the point of my Christian faith! Let the few words and again i shall emphasized have i lead a “Scripture made alive” life? Again that should be my single pursuit in knowing God and to make Him known.
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