Information Overload (in a good way, I suppose)

When Jason was here, he left us with some downloaded sermons from Audioverse, mostly from last year’s GYC. It was real nice of him to think of this, since we can’t download anything bigger than a toothpick here (if you could download one), well if the connection is bad, at times I may be able to get downloading several toothpicks! I put them on my Mp3, and while I do cooking or cleaning, I listen to the sermons. They are really awesome. Much inspiring thoughts and information. Nathan Renner shared a series on The Three Angels’ Messages, I listened to the last installment and it was very impactful, about the Trinity’s cooperation for our salvation, powerful (“Intending for the Faith: The Three Angels’ Messages”). Another one by Shawn Boonstra on reaching the postmodern mind was really thought-provoking (“Faith and Reason: Reaching the Postmodern Mind”). Oh and there was this other one by Sean Pitman (“The Emporer has no clothes: evolution vs. creation”) which was really deep. Justin Kim shared on how young people should stand up for the faith today, insightful and moving (“The Imperative of Dedication”). It is really great Audio verse makes available all this to everyone, even beyond GYC, there’s LIFE sermons, ASI, SEYC, and more (check them out at audioverse.org, and videoverse.org). But I do recommend you go to a GYC personally. You can’t replace the experience of being there. It is definitely not required, you can be a good Christian and not go, but if God makes a way, and you try, make an effort to God, even old people like it! (Hope I didn’t offend too many people). With all the sermons I can listen too, I get excited, but depressed at the same time. I hear of many calls to stand for Jesus, much new information (I have shared some already with friends around here), and reinforcement of things I already believe, all really good things, but it makes me wonder where to start. I get this idea or that objective and ready to go, then something, and oh maybe I should start studying that instead, and confusion sets in. So much and so little time! What’s the solution, well I don’t have all the answers, and never will thank goodness (something God only knows!). But I can see that I need to balance action and study, application and knowledge. Easy to say, it is easy to either work my bottom off for God, or to spend all my time digging deeper into His word (not to mention time in prayer and some down time). But what is needed is both. Like Radio says on the movie by the same name, when asked whether he wants peach or blackberry cobbler, he says “both”. “You heard the man”, says Coach Jones, “Give the man both.” Study and action are both delicious cobblers, and good thing the Master Chef makes them both, and I know that if I rely on His wisdom, He’ll show me the what and when to balance life. Praise the Lord. Boy now I am kind of hungry…