Anchors Away!

Truth has a way of being drowned in a sea of logic, philosophy and tradition. Only God can establish truth through His word. Tradition is only as good as its source. That's why we can and should lean exclusively on the written word. Tradition can be as devastating as rumors unless they have been established by two or more witnesses. The Word of God was inspired by the Holy Spirit, spoken into existence by the Holy One and approved by the Father. There's three witnesses whose testimony cannot be impeached.

Identifying anchors in the pursuit of truth become impossible when we are blinded by our own viewpoints apart from the truth of God. Predispositions have no spiritual substance. We learn them through life when we accept tradition and ideas without searching through Scripture for the unbiased truth. If we hear something often enough it becomes fixed inside our brain until we are convinced it's truth. When we get to a place where it is more important to be right, even if right is wrong, then the path we walk on is no longer straight.

Truth has a way of crushing us, causes us to look inward, challenges us to lowliness and meekness. It demands inward repentance and therefore outward change. Truth doesn't put us on a soap box, demanding our rights and respect. Yeshua was the epitome of truth and it took Him to the cross like a sheep, yet ever since His voice has sounded like that of a Lion.

Nimrod represented the opposite of truth. "The taproot of violence is the hatred of truth." (Your Heart belongs to Me, by Dean Koontz) He didn't build a tower to get closer to God. The tower represented His ego and resentment against truth. We may not consider ourselves as on the same level as a Nimrod, yet we too can build high towers with brick and motor made up of logic, reasoning and tradition. Eber, a descendant of Adam refused to be hunted down with the lies and deception of Nimrod. It is most likely that from Eber the name of Hebrew was given to his Jewish descendants in his honor. From the line of Eber, Abraham, our father emerged.

There is nothing wrong with building family traditions. But Abraham never let tradition get in the way of obeying God. It is because of his obedience that the covenant continues through his line of descendants with the blessing on all peoples who put their trust in the God of Abraham.

Living by faith is as old as Adam. Every generation faced perplexing problems and opportunities in following God. Our forefathers made a future possible for us by obeying God. Eventually, God chose for His commandments, statutes, judgments and laws to be written down so everybody throughout the whole world would have a standard set of righteous instructions that our forefathers possessed through oral tradition.

When God's word was engraved in stone, tradition was put in a place of subjection to His word. Those who desire to obey tradition more than God's written word become like Nimrod, building their high towers to heaven in order to usurp their position over God.

Nimrod fell off his high tower--more like pushed-- and all his men couldn't put him back together again. All those who place tradition, logic and reasoning above the written word of God will also fall. Anchors can be like millstones around our neck, which take us to the bottom of a sea of eternal anguish. Our fathers made it a little easier--yet not less painful a process--for us, but still there are some who want to return to the religion of Nimrod.

Seek truth above all else and change if necessary. Instead of reading Scripture, try letting Scripture (God) read you. It takes courage and strength to follow God. Anybody can follow themselves. "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:11-13)

Shalom.