Posted by Trudy
Happy Columbus Day!
I can barely say that without hearing the little jingle I learned in grade school and then turned around and taught my own children....
"In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue."
Christopher Columbus is the man we credit with discovering our country. Even though Vikings probably preceded him, and natives already lived here, he was the first to tell fellow Europeans that this New World existed.
He is a man worth remembering and celebrating.
It takes bravery and courage to set sail in uncharted waters, but what endears me even more to Columbus is his confidence in the Scripture and the way He let the Word of God both console and guide him to this unprecedented journey. All the ‘professional’ opinions and advice from the ‘intellectuals’ of his day warned him against his decision to go, but he chose to do it anyway.
Why?
Hear it in his own words....
"Our Lord opened to my understanding (I could sense His hand upon me) so it became clear to me that it [the voyage] was feasible...All those who heard about my enterprise rejected it with laughter, scoffing at me...Who doubts that this illumination was from the Holy Spirit? I attest that He [the Holy Spirit] with marvelous rays of light, consoled me through the sacred Scriptures...they inflame me with a sense of great urgency...No one should be afraid to take on any enterprise in the name of our Savior if it is right and if the purpose is purely for His holy service...."
Pretty cool, huh? Especially since we know "the rest of the story". But here’s the line that has stayed with me.
"I attest that He consoled me through the sacred Scriptures."
Something about that centuries old testimony breathes new life into my soul today.
It inspires me to want to find that same consolation in the Word...
and invigorates me to let the Scriptures be my guide even when it means going against the grain of the loudest or most voices.
It lures me in and makes me want to cling to the Scripture in the same way Columbus did.
You’ll never waste a minute hiding His Word in your heart.
May it console you today...
and counsel you to do great things for His great name...
in the same way it did Christopher Columbus hundreds of years ago!
"Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Luke 6:38 (NIV)
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