SOAKING
Over the last few years, I have heard the term "soaking" used in conversation relating to certain Christian gatherings. In this past year I have had a small handful of people ask me what I thought about it. Truthfully, my reply would be more like a question to their question. What do you think it's about? Where is it in the Bible? (and cannot help but smile) Wonder if Jesus had time for such things in a twenty four hour day after feeding the multitude, healing the sick, raising the dead? His clothes were probably 'soaking' in blood, sweat, and tears in the garden of gethsemane as he cried out to His Father, "NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE!"
The actual word, soaking in the dictionary means fully emersed in liquid. To my knowledge the only thing we need to be absorbing or taking in is the pure Word of God. If you are not praising God and seeking to do His word in the secret place, in the privacy of your own home, then I am not sure what purpose it serves to attend meetings and services regardless of what they are called. If labeling something by a specific word causes division, confusion, or others to wonder off, I would have to say you already have your answer. We are admonished in a few different passages to be "like-minded," and all be "speaking the same thing," and "having the same love," by being "one in spirit and purpose." Philippians 2:1-3
And if that is too much to think about, keep it simple..."FEAR GOD, KEEP HIS COMMANDS, THIS IS THE WHOLE DUTY OF A MAN." His command is to LOVE. Love God with all you are. Love your neighbor as yourself. Let that soak in and then live it out! Sometimes I think that if we were reading the Word of God like we ought to and praying like we should be, alot of these things would become crystal clear on the spot. Thank God for His merciful kindness that is infinetely larger than we can begin to comprehend.
So whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God... that includes soaking, swimming, climbing, camping, parenting, laboring, resting, and sharing the story of your life and all that you have with others.
The actual word, soaking in the dictionary means fully emersed in liquid. To my knowledge the only thing we need to be absorbing or taking in is the pure Word of God. If you are not praising God and seeking to do His word in the secret place, in the privacy of your own home, then I am not sure what purpose it serves to attend meetings and services regardless of what they are called. If labeling something by a specific word causes division, confusion, or others to wonder off, I would have to say you already have your answer. We are admonished in a few different passages to be "like-minded," and all be "speaking the same thing," and "having the same love," by being "one in spirit and purpose." Philippians 2:1-3
And if that is too much to think about, keep it simple..."FEAR GOD, KEEP HIS COMMANDS, THIS IS THE WHOLE DUTY OF A MAN." His command is to LOVE. Love God with all you are. Love your neighbor as yourself. Let that soak in and then live it out! Sometimes I think that if we were reading the Word of God like we ought to and praying like we should be, alot of these things would become crystal clear on the spot. Thank God for His merciful kindness that is infinetely larger than we can begin to comprehend.
So whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God... that includes soaking, swimming, climbing, camping, parenting, laboring, resting, and sharing the story of your life and all that you have with others.
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