Monday, October 8, 2012

Inspired mind exrpressed

"It is not the words of the Bible that are inspired, but the men that were inspired. Inspiration acts not on the man's words or his expressions but on the man himself, who, under the influence of the Holy Ghost, is imbued with thoughts. But the words receive the impress of the individual mind. The divine mind is diffused. The divine mind and will is combined with the human mind and will; thus the utterances of the man are the word of God." EGW, Selected Messages, book 1, p. 21

Every morning at 8am, daily lessons for the Sabbath School Quarterly Studies pop up on my smartphone (how cool is that...). It has become a routine for my morning that a lot of times these days I just ignore and do my morning stuff. But for some reason, this morning I just started reading the page and above was what I read. It was only the 2nd week of the quarter and because I got interested I skimmed over last week's study and this week's as well. I liked this quarter's studies :)

Anyways, according to this quote, the inspiration comes upon the man. Depending on what my capabilities can be, the expression of my inspiration will be different. I felt the need that I should become a better person, a more capable person, so that however God inspires me I would be able to well express to the people around me.

I do want to express God to the people around me. I want to testify of God to people. But if I am not capable enough, then no matter how much I am inspired, I would be limited to how I can express myself.

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