It Is Your Life!
October 20, 2008 · Filed Under All Entries, HE Speaks
For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess.” (Deuteronomy 32:47)
It’s puzzling that so many Christians try to live the Christian life without reading their Bible, except for sporadic perusals of God’s Word, seeking a pithy thought for the day. The Word of God is not merely a source of helpful suggestions, preventative warnings, or inspirational thoughts: It is life itself!
God gathered the children of Israel at the edge of the Promised Land to review their pilgrimage with Him. They had spent forty years in a desert because their parents had not trusted God’s word. Their parents died without seeing the Promised Land because they had not believed God’s word. Even the revered Moses was soon to leave them because he had not shown proper reverence for God’s word. Many of them knew those who had been put to death as a consequence of their disobedience to God’s word. Over the years God’s word had become the most important thing in the life of the Israelites.
God commanded His people to bind His words on their hearts, to teach them diligently to their children, and to regularly discuss them in their homes (Deut. 6:4–9). So essential was His word that it was to hold a prominent place in the daily lives of His people.
Our reverence for God’s Word is revealed not only by what we say but also by what we do. Spending more time reading and studying the words of people rather than the Word of God, reveals our hearts’ condition. To blatantly disregard God’s Word is to reject life itself. To obey God’s Word is the surest way to experience all that God has in store for us.
From Experiencing God
by Henry and Richard Blackaby
INTROSPECTION: I am guilty on this one. I cannot remember when I last opened my Bible. I have spent countless hours reading mangas and blog online but have not really managed to set time for Bible reading. I even failed to share a weekly devotional for the last couple of weeks.
God, breathe a new life in my heart….
Almelyn on Fri, 24th Oct 2008 10:25 PM
Reading your Bible from cover to cover takes a lot of self-discipline. I am very much thankful that I graduated from a seminary because it means that I have read and studied all the 66 books in the Bible. But that doesn’t mean that I have stopped reading it, I am still reading my Bible everyday, I admit that there are times that I don’t feel like reading but if you’ll keep on doing it it’ll become not a habit but part of your life. Read at least 3 chapters a day so you can finish the entire Bible in a year.
God bless!
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