St. Luke
begins his Gospel with a short explanation.
This introduction to his Gospel gives us the opportunity to look more
deeply at the Holy Bible.
Since many have undertaken to compile a
narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who
were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them
down to us, I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew,
to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, so
that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.
[Luke 1:1-4]
Sacred
Scripture is a gift beyond our imagination.
It’s a gift from God through which He reveals His perfect love and His
perfect plan for us. We should know the
Scriptures well, read them often, pray over the verses and allow all that’s
revealed within those pages to become the foundation of our lives. I reflected today upon one particular aspect
of Sacred Scripture.
Usually,
when there is a collaboration between two persons, the endeavor is defined as
“50/50”. But the Bible is 100% the work
of God and 100% the work of the human author.
It is 100/100 so to speak. By
that I mean that the human author completely cooperated with the inspiration of
the Holy Spirit in writing each book and letter. And God, for His part, guaranteed that all
that was written came from His heart and inspiration. Therefore, this joint effort reveals that God
used the human author for a divine purpose.
This is of
great significance to understand for two reasons. First, it reveals that we should love
Scripture because it reveals the heart and truth of God as well as the unique
personality and humanity of the human author.
We are benefiting from the full revelation of God as well as the unique
gift of the human author.
Second, it
should reveal to us that, though God will not use us in the same way (i.e., to
add to the Bible), He does desire to use us for divine purposes. He desires to consume our unique human
personality and use us to shine forth the beauty and splendor of His
divinity. He wants a 100/100 cooperation
with us, also, so as to shine through us in a radiant way.
Our openness
to the gift of Holy Scriptures enables us to become living gifts of the Word of
God to the world.
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