Exposing ourselves to the Word of God

I know Kennedy is speaking to more in this reading that just exposing ourselves to the Word of God, but this is what struck me today. All to often we feel we have reached a pinnacle of our faith and we stop exposing ourselves to the Word of God. We no longer study, or we no longer hear what God may be saying to us in someone's sermon, or what God may be trying to teach us through someone's Sunday school lesson because we think we have arrived at the point where we, at least for the time being, have learned all there is to know.

This is actually a pitfall of all professions. Teachers feel that they can't learn to teach any differently, lawyers think they know all there is to know about the law, CPAs think they know all there is to know about accounting, doctors think they know all they need to know about patient care and disease. Sometimes, this even proves to be the case because the knowledge from years past proves to be the best knowledge over the "current' knowledge being taught.

However, exposing ourselves to God is dangerous. It provides the opportunity for our "perfect" worlds to be dissected. When we allow God's Word and the Holy Spirit to move into and through our life, we are changed, molded, morphed into a more whole, complete being if we are willing to be so formed. The opposite is when we see the transformation taking place and we fight it and become hard of heart, steadfast and hollow.

This Lent, try to expose yourself to the Word of God. If this is something you haven't done in a while, it can be very uncomfortable...trust me. If this is a practice you are familiar with, it is still uncomfortable, but it is a practice you know you can trust...and you know you can trust God to see you through it.