In my last blog I believe I used the phrase "steeping in the scriptures." I got to thinking about what that phrase could mean and how it related to our pursuit of Christ.
When tea steeps it is immersed in hot water. The hot water, by way of being in direct contact with the tea, ends up taking on the characteristics of the tea. Color, flavor, and nutrition are all affected by the tea. The water becomes something other than what it started out as.
When we are steeped with the words of God, we take on its characteristics. These are the roots put down by the river of which scripture speaks. The words of God permeate everything we do, but notice our lives must be the right temperature for it to really have an effect on us. Jesus relates this in a parable about soil types and where seed is scattered. Try brewing tea in cold water or even in lukewarm water. It doesn't work. If you allow yourself to be steeped in the scriptures, you will be changed. You will take on the characteristics of the scriptures, and by default the characteristics of Jesus.
Discipleship is steeping in the Word. Being immersed in scriptures will color all that you see. When you can see everything through the filter of scripture the voice of God becomes clearer.
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