Above All

June 7, 2005

Read: John 3:22-36

He who comes from heaven is above all. - John 3:31

Bible In One Year: Proverbs 22-24

In the mid-1800s, Ralph Waldo Emerson became a leader in a philosophical
movement known as "transcendentalism," which says that truth comes from
personal insight. Emerson wrote, "To believe your own thought, to believe
that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men—that
is genius."

Sadly, Emerson's faulty thinking took root, and personal thoughts about
God replaced God's thoughts and words about Himself. The Lord said in
Isaiah, "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher
than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts" (55:9).

One of ancient Israel's songwriters expressed God's greatness this way: "I
know that the Lord is great, and our Lord is above all gods. Whatever the
Lord pleases He does, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deep
places" (Psalm 135:5-6).

Jesus, the image of the invisible God, is the source of all truth
(Colossians 1:15-19). John the Baptist said of Him: "He who comes from
heaven is above all" (John 3:31).

Only God, the creator of all things, deserves to be called
transcendent—that is, above and beyond all things. Contrary to what
Emerson concluded, truth comes from above, not from within. —Julie
Ackerman Link

No matter how we think and try
To understand the Lord above,
Our thoughts can only amplify
Our need to know His truth and love. —Hess

He is no genius who ignores his Creator.

From: JeanAustria@astec-power.com

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