Do You Love the Word?
“O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.” (Psalms 119:97)
Today’s Morsel: They say that a well-worn Bible is the sign of a well-fed soul. We should be hungry every day for spiritual things. Scripture says: “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” (Acts 17:11) You must know what the word says for yourself. You must educate your mind and gain understanding. Paul states: “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9) Here Paul is referring to Isaiah 64:4, which reads: “For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.” (Isaiah 64:4) Paul was a man who studied and applied himself to God’s word. He told Timothy: “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15) And, “Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine... “Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.” (1 Timothy 4:13, 15-16). The more time you spend in God’s Word, the more you are going to love it, love Him, and the more you are going to know, and the more it is going to benefit you and others. You can’t share with others what you do not know. Through His word, God will reveal to us more about Him, and who we truly are. When we love the word, we are really loving God, because He is the Word made flesh.
Sing: I love to tell the story! “Twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.
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