The Prescription

– by Loree Marinos –

 

Patient:  Doctor, Doctor, you’ve got to help me!!!

Doctor:  What seems to be the problem?

Patient:  I have motion sickness

Doctor:  How long has this been going on?

Patient:  For years!

Doctor:  Tell me more about it

Patient:  I go up and then I drop down, then I go up, up, up and then I plummet down again.  And this keeps happening

Doctor:  You are describing to me what sounds like a roller coaster ride.

Patient:  Yes, that is it exactly.  I try to stay on the top where I want to be but I can’t keep myself there. I keep falling back down again.

Doctor:  Well it is time to stop this roller coaster.

Patient:  I would like to but I can’t find a way to stay on top….

Doctor:  What is it that gets you up on top again each time?

Patient: Attending a Cross Style Conference.

Doctor:  Tell me more.

Patient:  Attending a Cross Style Conference gets me on top of the roller coaster for a few weeks but it doesn’t have the ability to keep me up there.  A few weeks after attending, I plummet to the bottom again.  Sometimes I can listen to a Cross Style message on DVD or CD but once again it only temporarily keeps me on top with a Spiritual high.  Then I drop to the bottom and stay there until the next conference 6 months later.

Doctor:  Wow, that is a long time until you’re spiritually up on top again.

Patient: Yes, I would like to continual to stay at the top where I am engaged in the life of Jesus and growing in Him.

Doctor:  Sorry I can’t help you.  You need a specialist.  I suggest you talk to your Cross Style Conference speakers for help.

Patient:  Good idea, thanks for the advice.

Doctor:  Let me know what you find out.

 

And away goes our patient out the hospital door into the church door where Cross Style Training Camp is in session.  Let’s listen in….

Cross Style speakers:

• When you come into the Scriptures you are hearing from the Father Himself – You are embracing the Father
• Scriptures are inseparable of Him- an extension of Jesus
• Get into the Scriptures to know Jesus
• When you come into the Scriptures you are engaging in Jesus
• One hears His voice when you come into Scripture
• Truth from the Scripture always feeds our reservoir
• Know the Word like we know nothing else in this life
• Be continual in His Word
• Knowing Him in His Word unleashes Him in our life
• I want to give myself to His Word
• Living Word and written Word are interacting with each other
• Allow Him to create in you a passion for His Word
• If you are interested in Jesus, you will be interested in what He says
• Reading the Bible is not devotions but it becomes your life reference point, you are after His Word, hang on every Word
• Will you become a habitat for His Word?
• The primary way God reveals Himself is through His Word
• It is like His lips parting to me
• Know Jesus through your own personal involvement in His Word
• When you grab a hold of the Word you are grabbing a hold of Jesus – so if you want to grab a hold of Jesus than grab a hold of the Bible
• Being in the Word of God is the deterrent of burn out
• My life comes under authority of the Scripture
• It is to shape our life and thoughts
• Spiritual truth and vitality come from His Word

Patient:  Wow, this is what I have been missing.  This is exactly what I needed to hear, to know.  This is the secret – this is the need – this is the prescription!

 

Three Months Later

Patient:  I know the answer now.

Doctor:  What?

Patient:  Knowing Jesus through my own personal involvement in His Word. I need to be feasting on the Word of God for myself not just depending on the speakers or my pastor for spiritual food.   And now I am growing in the knowledge of the Lord.  I am depending on Jesus and His Word.  There is a continual joy, an excitement, a continual riding above life’s circumstances.  It keeps me close to Jesus.

 

One Year Later

Patient:  Still feasting on Word of God – Still growing in Him

 

Five Years Later

Patient:  Still feasting on the Word of God – He is still growing me

 

Forever

Patient:  Still feasting on the Word of God – He is still growing Him – keeping me on top

 

“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly”
Colossians 3:16

 

“For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the Word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of man, but as it is in truth, the Word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.”
I Thessalonians 2:13

 

“You have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3:15-17

 

“as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby”
I Peter 2:2