Consider carefully how you listen.
—Luke 8:18
If we only view the Bible as history—a collection of events that happened hundreds of years ago—we become spectator readers.
One way to avoid this and feel a first-century sizzle is to confront the questions Jesus asked and answer them for yourself, letting them meet you where you are at this point in your life.
I posted some yesterday. Here are a few more.
- Is your heart hardened?
- Why are you so frightened?
- Where is your faith?
- Why do doubts invade your mind?
- Do you realize what I have done for you?
- Why do you call me “Lord, Lord,” and don’t do what I tell you?
- Do you love me?
Intimacy with Jesus is experienced
through reflective listening.