The plug check

I know that today's devotional is running late today, but last night it was put on my heart to read over today's verse's. Then after reading the verse's for today I felt that I really needed to wait to put the devotional up today till God's words really sank in for me. Today's verse's we will be talking about are a verse from Matthew and a verse from Acts. First there is Matthew 7:7;

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Then we have Acts 17:10-12;

As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians; for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures everyday to see if what Paul said was true. Many of the Jews believed, as did also a number if prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

Now comes the comparison to NASCAR, before the race during the practice sessions on the last lap the driver will shut the car off and coast back into the garage. Once the car is back there the mechanics will pull the plugs out of the motor and take a look at the plugs to see if the car needs any adjustments to the carb. So in other words they are looking for the truth in what the motor is saying, screaming around the track. For many of us we would just see a used spark plug, but to the mechanics it is a treasure chest revealing the true character of the motor. Now some of us see the Bible kind of the same way, but just like the mechanics in NASCAR that have done a lot of reading and training to see the stuff they see in a spark plug, we have to read, meditate, and really listen to the word of God.

In Matthew, Jesus teaches us that if we seek the truth, we will find the truth. I believe that no matter where you are in your walk with God, the more we read the Bible the more we will learn about the gifts that God gives us. I learn this everyday that I do this blog and also when I talk to other Christians. Also when I read the Scripture I get a greater sense of understanding of what God is doing with me and through me. Everyday God will give us more insight to the truth that is in the Bible and the truth about ourselves.

So today we need to ask ourselves, how often do we search for the truth? When we search for the truth, are we listening or are we distracted by what is going on around us?

I challenge everyone, myself included, to ask God to create a thirst in us to search for the truth in Scripture for ourselves. We should be ready, when we ask this, for God to reveal Himself to us in new ways. We should also be ready to listen, when we are listening to God.