Driving the Scriptures

My oldest son told me this week he doesn’t know how he feels about church cause he isn’t really an “I love the scriptures” kind of guy.

So I asked him “what do you do when you don’t know how to do something or how you feel about something?”

“Uh… ask google?”

“Lol, yeah what else?”

“Well I just ask you I guess, I like how you say things. They make sense.”

“Where is it you think I get my answers to you from?”

Stunned silence.

“I’m in my 30s, bruh, I don’t just know everything. Sometimes I’ll ask my friends or my family what they think. But mostly, I just pray about it and read my scriptures.

Although you think you aren’t a scriptures kind of guy… you do like what they say. You find what it teaches helpful and comforting. You’re just not going to the source.

So ultimately you are a scriptures guy. Just like you are a car guy… but haven’t and can’t actually drive one yet… you are a scriptures guy, you just haven’t driven them yet.”

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Driving the scriptures, to me, means searching them for answers. For advice. For someone else’s experience. For a reason. Coupling that with prayer is where a personal relationship with God starts. That ability is what makes me independent. I’m not always great at it, but every time I run into something hard or unexpected, I turn to the scriptures. I know He’s there and I know He has answers for me.