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Thursday, August 04, 2005

The Theology of Blogging

I was reading my devotions this morning when I came across the following in John chapter 7:

18He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.

I had to think about that for a while. If what I write here is seeking to gain honour for myself then it is going to be less believable. Oh sure with clever words and creativity I might be able to gather some sort of notoriety but to what end? If at the end of the day what I am writing is not the truth then what value is it really?

On the other hand how can I seek always to bring honour to God in what I do (as He is the only one worthy of all honour)? I want to be perceived as a "man of truth" so, despite my imperfections, I need to try and honour God in what I do here.

It's a challenge but I guess the Bible is like that :)

[Listening to: Faith My Eyes - Caedmon's Call - 40 Acres (4:41)]

posted by Peter at 8:38 PM

1 Comments:

I like the way you think!

From the passage it would seem very important that we know who we identify with - by whom am I sent? Jesus was sent by his Father and did nothing without his Father's consent.

There's something conforting and empowering in being sent. When you're about your Father's business, you've got a purpose and some pretty impressive clout!

By PrDave, at 11:16 PM