Wander Out of the Way

wander out of the way

By Lynn Mosher−

Sometimes, a verse of Scripture stops me in my tracks. I sit in silence, staring at it and allowing it to soak deep within me. I search my Bible program, concordances, Lexicons, and commentaries to collect what I can for deeper understanding.

One of my recent ponderings is Mark 12:24. Jesus said to the Sadducees, “Is not this where you wander out of the way and go wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?” (Amplified)

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Wander out of the way in other versions is used as err, error, mistaken, wrong, etc. It means to roam (from safety, truth, or virtue), to cause or lead astray or into error, to deceive or seduce. Power means miraculous power, force, strength, and ability.

Wow! Selah! Pause, interrupt what you’re doing and think about that!

We are led astray, deceived, seduced away from God’s path of righteous living. Why? All because we do not know God’s dunamis power, His miraculous power, force, strength, and ability or His Word. Not just the words on those thin pages of our Bibles but the deep-down stuff. The launch-out-into-the-deep-and-let-down-your-nets-for-a-catch kind. (Luke 5:4) The dig-down-into-the-meaning-of-the-words-and-reap-a-treasure kind.

I can read the words on the page until my eyes cross, but if I do not dig down in search of God’s treasures and absorb the Word into my heart, soul, and spirit, I will always wander out of the way.

And if I do not know the Word, how will I know God’s power? Jesus, the Word, said, “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” (Matt. 28:18 KJV) Power used here is a different Greek word. This is exousia power, as power of authority, power of choice, physical and mental power, the power of rule or government, first denotes freedom to act and then authority for the action.

If I want to know God’s power, I first have to know the Word and Jesus as the Word. What do I miss in the God-life if I do not know these? How can I further God’s kingdom on earth and be a witness to these if I don’t know them?

What treasure await me in the depths of God’s Word?

“I rejoice in Your word like one who discovers a great treasure.”

(Ps. 119:162 NLT)

How much of the God-life are you missing?


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