Practical Christianity.

‘‘Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.’'

Luke 9:23

During a Bible Study at my A-level fellowship, I asked a question that bewildered everyone including the Bible study coordinator. Bible study looked like a round table talk. Not like we were allowed to talk. We all just sat still in that fashion. I had joined for a few weeks and every week we did the same thing. The coordinator reads the Bible, and we talk about the character. People asked questions about the characters we read. After a few weeks, doing the same thing they have always done. I raised my hand. I had a question.

How does this apply to our lives? I asked.

Eyes stared down at me as though I had said something rude or out of the box. I genuinely just wanted to know. Everyone went quiet for a few minutes including the coordinator. So, I expanded on my question.

We come here every Thursday, reading the Bible and talking about the characters. But I still don’t know how this applies to us.

Now their eyes almost popped out of the socket making me almost reiterate my question and wish I had never even asked. I turned it over in my head wondering what I had said wrong or how to possibly rephrase it.

Finally, the coordinator answered me with a smile plastered across his face. Then he said ‘‘what do you suggest?’’

 It’s not like I had the answer or how to go about it. I honestly did not. I just felt bored all the time sitting here listening to the Israelites' journey through the wilderness. The stories were interesting to me, but I was an A-level student writing Cambridge. Everyone else apart from us at that time was either in the reading rooms studying or in their rooms preparing for evening prep.

I needed to know that this was worth my time.

I needed to know that these stories I was reading were not just about the past. It is about the present. I’m not just reading about men God walked with. I’m seeing them as templates for me, walking with God now. That’s what I desperately needed to know.

I don’t remember if I answered the question or not, but I made a lifetime decision that for every bible study whether personal or in church, I have to go home with something I can work with. I’m going to practice whatever I learn from the word.

God’s words for me and you today are for us to truly live the word of God. Put into practice what you hear and read. Let’s not live a life of deceit, pretending to be spiritual when we are not. Let’s truly live the word as we receive grace from the HolySpirit.

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