Read Or Read?

There are many books we may have read over the years and there may be many more that we shall read. With some books we are content to have read them once while others draw us back to read again.

A young child, having seen her mother reading from the Bible for a few minutes every morning, one day asked, “Aren’t you ever going to get finished reading that book?” The Bible is not a book to simply have read, but one to read. To come to the end of it is not to come to the end of the matter. The truths contained within must continue to be practiced and we should return again and again for the purpose of refreshing our memory, finding new encouragement, accepting that which challenges us to change for the better, and gaining insights we may have missed before. We are in serious trouble when we reach a point we feel we are done with the Bible.

The Psalmist had a great love for the Word of God. Reading through Psalm 119 we find numerous expressions regarding his devotion to keeping God’s commands, laws, precepts, etc., ever before him.

The Psalmist stated…
“Oh how I love your law! It is my MEDIATION ALL THE DAY.” ( Psalm 119:97 ESV).

What God had revealed was a daily focus for the Psalmist. It brought stability to his life. The Psalmist saw God’s Word as “firmly fixed in the heavens” ( Psalm 119:89) and as he recognized the sum of His Word was truth the Psalmist seemed to find comfort in the fact God’s righteous rules endured forever. ( Psalm 119:160) With all the changing notions and shifting values in the world today we should find it encouraging there is ONE BOOK we can return to again and again that will provide a constant standard and ageless wisdom for daily living.

The Bible is THE BOOK to seek to wear out with use. As we continually read through the pages of Scripture, may we do so with the same desire of the Psalmist who prayed…
“OPEN MY EYES, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.” ( Psalm 119:18 ESV)

With the end of this school year quickly approaching, make sure the Bible is on your Summer reading list. Make it a daily habit so that it will also be on your Fall, Winter, and Spring reading lists. Let it not be a book we have read, but THE BOOK we read and read and continue to read. Though we read through it may we never be through with it!

Have a great day CONTINUING TO BE WELL READ IN GOD’S WORD!
Carl

See other teEn-MAIL on God's Word