The story of the Jefferson Bible goes something like this - Thomas Jefferson liked the word of God, but he couldn't bring himself to believe in the miracles of Jesus. They didn't make sense to him because he couldn't explain them intellectually, rationale. So for 2-3 nights he set forth on a project - to cut out everything in the Bible he couldn't rationally explain. He started by cutting out the miracles of Jesus and just went on from there. Until what he was left with was something he could understand - what we call today the Jefferson Bible.
Maybe we don't go and physically cut out the parts of the Bible we don't like or can't explain or don't understand, but sometimes we ignore those parts. And sometimes we ignore those parts of the character of God as well. We start to act as if God is made in our image, as if God has to be rationale and predicable in order for us to follow where the Spirit of God leads, but that simply isn't the case. God will be God with or without us, but we have the awesome opportunity to be invited to be part of the work of the Kingdom of God - if we chose to participate, on faith, not on our own understanding.
What would be possible in this world if we let God be God instead of trying to control everything? What would happen in this world if we let the Spirit of God soar free and we willingly followed? What would happen if we stopped trying to box God in and instead were disciples, no matter what? What would happen?
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