Inspiring, But Not Inspired (1 Thessalonians 2:13)

Tesla.

Many are familiar with the popular electric car company. However, only a few are familiar with the man, Nikola Tesla, by whom the company is named. Tesla was a genius who had a life-long fascination with electricity. His father was an Eastern Orthodox Priest and hoped his son would enter the priesthood. Tesla had other plans. A mathematical and engineering prodigy, he is best known for inventing the alternating current electrical supply as well as providing the theoretical foundations for radio. He had a photographic memory and would memorize entire volumes of Serbian poems and other great works of literature. He did a deep dive into Hindu and Eastern religions, memorizing their writings. When he was introduced to the writings of the French philosopher, Voltaire, he read and memorized all of his written works, calling them inspiring. 

Inspiring, but not inspired.

I wonder what else Tesla would have done had he devoted his prodigious skills to seeking after God and reading the Bible? He had a voracious thirst for knowledge but his search led him further away from God and the Truth. 

Theologian and author R.C. Sproul wrote, “I think the greatest weakness in the Church today is that almost no one believes that God invests his power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a technique, in anything and everything except where God has placed it: His Word.”

For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe. 

1 Thessalonians 2:13 (NASB)

Are you searching for the Truth? There are many great works of literature that may inspire us, but they are the work of men and women. If we read them but ignore the Truth that God has given us in His Bible, we miss out on the greatest source of inspiration ever given to mankind. In this book is all the knowledge we need to survive and thrive in this life. 

Only the Bible is the Living Word of God. It is inspiring and inspired!

Love and trust in the Lord; seek His will in your life.