I've heard that a myth is a story that teaches a lesson. I had a thought today and telling it as a myth seemed like an option. I watched the movie Max Steel today and in it, apparently, the son of an alien (the son's name is Max) begins to interact with another alien (named Steel) and the two have exponentially greater power, especially more power than the son (who is in human form). When Max is first getting acquainted with Steel, he asks questions and Steel often seems kind of bemused and says, "I don't know". They begin to recover awareness of things past that neither was remembering on their own. My "myth" has to do with wondering if the thoroughness of understanding accessed from Steel was like how my prayers seemed responded to. I ask things, and don't get an answer that I perceive as an answer. I do feel like the Lord is helping me; I trust he is helping me; I believe he is helping me; and that is not what I mean as a myth. The myth part is anything like the Lord "not understanding". For the truth is that he does fully understand. He is the way, the truth, and the life. But the myth was, what if he behaves toward us (not deceptively) just at lower power, like one who does not have the answers. In the New Testament in Titus where it says one characteristic of an elder is to be sober, if I am referring to the correct word (there are a few similar words in that scripture). The Greek word for one, and it may be the word translated sober, has to do with limiting one's own abilities for the sake of others. If the Lord tells us that that is a good attribute and one that is required of an elder, then he may also behave that way, limiting himself in his interaction with us. For one thing, we would probably not do well with "all knowledge now", x-ray vision, as it might seem, into any situation. Impervious to hurt feelings, and so on. The thought that came to mind is, if he is sort of holding back in some sense (limiting his abilities) I could take that as an opportunity to draw nearer, to ask more, to listen more, to love more, to realize more, to receive more, to conform to him as he is so that I may be more, in his will, as he is. Father, thank you for your humility with us. Thank you that you are indeed, father, king, judge, and that you are bringing forth a bride for your son Jesus, someone to be like-minded, of the same spirit, and as he is so are we in this world. If you have revealed a picture here of how you treat us easy, thank you for treating us easy. You do treat us easy, with or without this story I've mentioned. When you don't say the answer back right away, maybe we should not think you don't know or you don't care or you simply will not do what we are asking. You will do whatever your word says. Your word is your will. Thank you for being such a good friend. The apostle Paul called himself the chiefest of sinners, so it may be safe for me to say that Jesus was called a friend of sinners, and I may have received friendship through no more desert than that. To say it more simply, I did not deserve your kindness, your forgiveness, your love. Thank you for all of these and for the many membered body of Christ.

Posted by John Fullerton at 2025-05-21 05:08:31 UTC