The older you get, do you seek more practicality?

[Michlow]

Originally Posted by mfblume

When it comes to biblical study and truths, I recall in my teenage years a fascination for things that I now realize are not practical, although true. For example, where is hell? I once read where a man taught it was in the center of the earth, and that fascinated me. And then there was the issue of the dinosaurs. Where do they fit in scripture? Things like that.

But the more I grow older, what thrills me more and more are the truths that deal with practical issues about how I can serve God more successfully right now in this present life.

Anyone else feel like that?

I am more interested in Romans 6 through 7 and the understanding of how I need not let sin rule in my mortal body, than I am whether or not Jesus died on a Wed or Friday, and I am not trying to diss those who discuss those issues on the forum. I get involved in those chat, myself at times. But what is MORE important is the effects of the Cross in us, and the extent to which we are seated with Christ in his throne now, and how that can affect our daily lives.

Paul said he learned to be content whether he was abased or abounding. THAT is the thing that grabs my attention.

Whether hell is in the earth or in another "dimension of the spirit," for lack of a better term... and whether or not Jesus died on Wed or Fri., is not so thrilling to me any more. What excites me is how the cross of Jesus affects me and how much we can experience victory in the Kingdom of God today.

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by OneAccord

I guess I'm more practical than I was in my younger days. When I was young, I had to know EVERYTHING. Everything from the creation to the rapture and beyond. I studied and asked questions of everyone I met....

But, now, I realize I don't need to understand where the light came from before the sun was created. I guess I don't need to understand why God commanded Abraham to offer his son as a sacrifice. I don't have to understand everything there is to know about everything. I just want to know Jesus. We get so caught up in trying to understand and know EVERYTHING, that we sometimes forget nothing is as important as knowing Jesus. When I read the Bible, it isn't to learn some new secret, but its to learn how I can better offer myself to the Lord. Its to know Him better than I do now. Its to know how to take His Word, follow His Spirit, so He can shine thru me a little more than He did yesterday.

I have noticed this myself in the past couple years. But I don't think of it as growing in terms of age, but as growing spiritually. I think it is an important part of our spiritual journey, and because we all walk at a different pace, we all come to that realization at different times in our life.