Have you ever been let down before? Most recently I started reading a series of books. They were an allegory to the Christian life. Honestly, as I read them I felt closer to God than I had felt in a long time. After finishing the first book, I just couldn't wait to get my hands on the next one in the series.
You see, something that you should know about me is that I enjoy reading and when I come across an author that I really enjoy, I want to find as many books by that author as possible. So naturally when I looked up a recent author, I wanted to find out other books that they had written. I wanted to discover more into their life, and their Christian journey.
Yet after delving into this most recent author, I decided to do research on their life. I discovered that they were a missionary to Jerusalem. I was so excited to learn more, but when I learned about the end of their life, I was disappointed to discover that they had fallen into pantheistic and new age beliefs about God. I can not tell you how much this hurt me. It stung. I was so much into what this author was saying, and I could see so many parallels in my life to what they were saying and even to their own personal life.
How could this be? I had been drinking in this author's words, and they agreed so much with Scripture, but then to find out that the one writing the book, had gone off the deep end was almost too much to bear.
Now, friends, I am not making any judgments about that person's salvation, they may have or may not have come back to Christ, who am I to say. Yet, to realize that someone that I enjoyed so much went astray in their thinking, hurt very much. In a sense I almost felt like I had been betrayed by a Christian role model, and in a sense I was.
So where does this leave me now? This is a great question. I am coming to the conclusion that there is only One who I can truly follow, and that He will never let me down. He has written a book, called the Word of God. That author did not go off the deep end before He died. He stayed on the blood stained path until it was finished. As I type this, a verse that comes to mind is:
John 10:8, which says: "All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them."
So a lesson that I have learned is that God's Word is the ONLY true and safe guide through life. Man's opinions, and writings, though flowery and nice, are not safe to put my trust in. I need the Good Shepherd to lead me.
Maybe you have faced something similar to what I am talking about, if so, why not leave a comment, and share that experience. Share how God is helping you get back to His Word, and to putting your trust solely in Him.
Proverbs 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Proverbs 3:4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
