Daily Bible Reading – Welcome to 2010!
By Pastor Noah. Filed in Daily Bible Reading |
Off and running! All told there are more than 100 people who have gotten Chronological Daily Bibles at Sierra. As the year goes on we (the pastors) will be sharing our thoughts. You can check for our updates at http://blog.sierracommunitychurch.org/ .
But what about you? What is God teaching you as you read? What questions or insights do you have? What do you think of having an online board where we can all share our thoughts and ask questions as we read this year? If you think that is something you’d be interested in, let me know (noah@sierracommunitychurch.org) and I’ll see if that is something Dave can set up!
As I read this morning, two things struck out: one, the poetic nature of Genesis one. I could hear it (I read it out loud), and felt the rhythm. There is more than just information about what God was up to as He worked. If you’re interested in reading more about the author’s intent of Genesis chapter one, I highly recommend reading “The Lost World of Genesis One” by John Walton. It is a short read and sure to challenge your Genesis paradigm!
Two, “the curse of knowledge” – the idea that because something is familiar, you’re apt not to look closely when you see it again. There are verses and stories in the Bible that as soon as I start reading them, in my head I’m going “blah, blah…”, like a tape going off in my head, telling me that I already know this stuff. I caught myself doing that this morning about half-way through chapter two.
So I stopped reading for minute and asked God to help me. I asked that He’d allow me to enter into the story anew, to be aware of what He wants me to see today. Right now. It really helped, I got some new insight! Happy reading!
P.S. I wrote 1/1/10 today… It didn’t look right. Weird stuff – welcome to a new year…
Noah Largent