Have you ever thought on what thinkers ponder? Do they delve into high and lofty thoughts? Do they think of how they can confuse others around them with deep thinking? Of all the many things that a thinker may consume himself, certainly one of those is how he can discuss his thoughts with others.
What do you think about? How to do your job better? How to have a more intimate relationship with your mate? How you can love and serve Jesus more effectively? In short, in all of these, it boils down to how you can reason in a better way. One sage of years past put it this way: “He who will not reason is a bigot. He who cannot reason is a fool. He who does not reason is a slave.” This challenges you to be a person who does reason.
It is interesting to me, when Paul was in Athens, he was deeply moved in his spirit to talk to its citizens about Jesus as the Messiah. As he walked through the streets and saw the multitude of idols, his spirit was moved with compassion to share the gospel with them. Acts 17:17 describes Paul’s reaction in sharing Jesus with the Athenians, “So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be present.” In sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, Scripture uses the word “reasoning” with the unbelievers to describe that process.
Have you ever thought about “reasoning” with unbelievers you may know? That “reasoning” can take different methods. What matters is that the “reasoning” is a thought-for-thought process of leading someone from where they are to a knowledge of Christ as Savior.
As you reason with others, you become a thinking person, too. That is a heavenly thought!
