by Charles R. Swindoll
I love Your commandments above gold,
yes, above fine gold. Therefore I esteem right
all Your precepts concerning everything.
Psalm 119:127-128
The thing I have always appreciated about the Bible is that
when great truth is given, God frequently incarnates that truth in lives with
whom we can identify.
He doesn't stop at theory as He teaches us about the
abstract importance of faith. He mentions Abraham as a model "who
staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief."
He doesn't just talk about standing alone and being people
of character and resiliency---He gives us Elijah. He shows us the prophets
because we have much greater difficulty identifying with abstract truth. We
can, however, identify with people. . . .
God doesn't just say, "You ought to forgive." He
gives us Joseph, who forgave his brothers for their mistreatment of him.
God paints His heroes "warts and all."
Since there are scars and a dark side to every life, we're
not shielded from the Jonahs and the Samsons, from the pride of the King Sauls
or the adultery of the King Davids.
We see it in raw, living color.
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