Oliver Wendell Holmes said:
There are one-story intellects, two-story intellects, and three-story intellects with skylights. All fact collectors, who have no aim beyond their facts, are one-story men. Two-story men compare, reason, generalize, using the labors of fact collectors as well as their own. Three-story men idealize, imagine, predict; their best illumination comes from above, through the skylight.
Where are you on your faith journey? This is a powerful little way to chart growth. You begin reading the Bible and listening to talks and sermons trying to learn facts. Then you analyze and think about what you’ve learned. But if you are going to find the mission and ministry that God has put in front of you, then you’re going to need that illumination from above.
What new ministries could your church develop? What would a new type of worship look like? Where are the people who need to deepen their lives through a relationship with Jesus? How would you reach them? What needs could be met? Children imagine all the time. But then they become fact gatherers. It’s time to imagine, idealize and predict again in your life. How? First devote yourself to listening and watching for that illumination from above. Then, boldly set out to realize that dream in life.
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