Seeking Wisdom and Guidance on BoW

[This is a transcription of an audio recorded entry]

Lord, Jesus, I come to you today in seeking of your wisdom and guidance. As you know, I was doing some reading on the internet last night, and I came across the journaling of Mark Roberts, who’s my pastor back in my teenage years, at Irvine Presbyterian Church. To sum it up, I just feel really… I guess I would say discouraged and just basically unworthy and unqualified for what I feel you are calling me in to. The scholarship that is available out there is so overwhelming. Even just looking at Mark’s work… he’s obviously devoted his life to this and has the time… has made the time to properly study and develop these ideas that he writes about. They’re lengthy and they’re well developed… I just feel like ‘who am I to even be venturing into this area when I’m doing it on such a part-time basis and I don’t have any background in this. I didn’t go to seminary… who am I that anyone is going to trust anything that I say or lend any merit or any credibility to what I write on the site. I could just really use your comfort and guidance and wisdom on this.

Michael… Beginning of Wisdom is the apt name for what you are doing. You are setting a foundation. You are not diving deep into specific topics like some of these other Bible scholars do. That’s not my intent for you. My intent for you is to set a proper foundation for others to recognize and realize and pursue further study of. The truths that you lay out on the site are not, by any means, the whole truth. There’s much more truth and these scholars that you compare yourself to are people who I’ve called to take it to the next level, so to speak.

Lord, I suppose that makes sense. So, one question I have is… the teaching material that I’m writing, is it in the right format? Would it be better for it to be in a blog form, where people can comment on it? Should it be my personal writing versus Beginning of Wisdom’s writing?

No, Michael. The writing needs to be from the perspective of Beginning of Wisdom. As I said, that ministry is meant to represent the beginning of wisdom. Fear of me is the beginning of wisdom, and you’re providing a baseline of understanding… a correct and true baseline of understanding for people to then launch from in their own studies and their own intimate prayer time with me. Keep in mind, however, that scholarship is not the point, it’s not the goal. It doesn’t matter how much you know about me; it matters that you know me, and that I know you. The relationship is what matters. The scholarship path can easily become a distraction in and of itself, even though it is done “in my name”, and is a path that I am protecting you from.

Lord, so how do I know when to stop? How do I know how far to take the teaching material?

Michael, you have the structure that I want for you in the teaching material right now. I do not mean for it to get any more extensive or exhaustive than the structure that you solidified last night. So what I want you to do is build out that structure, keeping in mind that this material is meant to be a launch pad for people’s own intimate study and prayer with me.

Thank you Lord.