I'm Tired of Theories

Time to Walk the Walk

This topic has been ruminating in my head for over a year now. It has been bouncing around in my mind before the Lord even spoke to me about this blog. Over the past year, He has added more to it and helped me flesh it out more fully.

I know a lot of random facts about a bunch of different things. My dad often made it a game to randomly quiz us on history, politics, the environment, the Bible—whatever came to mind. Because of that, I learned at an early age to always stay ready—to stack my brain with various facts so I could always answer whatever was thrown my way. That marked the beginning of my itching need to soak up as much knowledge as I could, and it seeped into my relationship with Jesus. I didn’t realize I was reading the Word for the sole purpose of filling my head with knowledge. I wanted to be able to say I know this, that, and the third. 

One day, I felt stuck. I became tired of how I knew a lot about God, but wasn’t seeing Him do the things I was reading Him do. I read of a God that parts red seas, provides food from Heaven, gives children to barren women and giant-facing courage to little shepherd boys. That’s barely scratching the surface from the Old Testament. In the New, I read of a God who persistently did the impossible, healing the sick, casting out demons, and even raising the dead. But it wasn’t only Him, we see in Acts that His followers share in this same authority. But I look at the church today and I look at my own life and I don’t see anything that comes remotely close to such power.

Mark 16:17 says, “And these signs shall follow them that believe…” What signs? Later in the chapter, it explains the supernatural power that goes hand in hand with believers. Notice that it says “them that believe”, not “them that know”. What is the difference between believing and knowing? Knowing is located in the head, while believing happens in the heart. You can know without believing but you cannot ...

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