There is one particular ancient path that perhaps is the most easy to detect God’s power working in our lives. That practice is studying the Bible. Interestingly, the Bible tells us of the unimaginable benefit it is to us to study it. In fact, it says that as we get more serious in our commitment to God, we will begin to feel increased hunger to study it. For most of us, studying isn’t something we naturally enjoy. In fact, even the word, “study” may bring us back to the terrors of homework. It seems like studying just takes the place of something we would rather do.
But a hunger to study, all depends on the material we are studying. A child with a new toy, will rip open the box to find the directions to study, so he knows how to put it together. People in a burning building will frantically find an escape route to study. A new mother will study everything she can find about how to care for an infant. The same athlete who dreads school work, will pore over a play book. The problem is not that we don’t have time, or don’t know how, it is that we don’t know how essential the material is!
Share your thoughts and experiences with the rest of your church family: What are the biggest obstacles to setting regular time to deeply study the Bible? What inspires you to make studying the Bible a priority?
2 comments:
I like the description of the new toy. the bible reminds me of that its like the first time you became a christian you were so eager to read the bible and then along the road you just forgot about it just like that toy. I think most of the time we are just so consumed with the things around us that we forget to spend time with god's word or maybe we are afraid to hear from god because he may point us in another direction for are lives. or we just may not have that discipline or understanding how to read god's word or even to understand when or how he maybe speaking to you.I think it would be great if the church could guide people on how to read the bible so we could understand how god is speaking to us just my thoughts
I was so completely blessed and overwhelmed by this past weekend's message. I hardly even know where to begin. You see, I think we all know that we "need" to read the Bible more, but I don't think we completely understand how much we really do NEED to read it, live it, breathe it.
His Word is our breathe of life and the more you spend time reading it the more you begin to realize just how much more you want to read it.
This past year I have finally slowed myself down enough to realize that checking things off my "Bible Study" checklist doesn't necessarily mean that I was "studying" what God was showing me.
This weekend's message brought tears to my eyes and to those around me because it was so refreshing to finally slow down enough to see that it is vital to our continued growth as we strive to be more like Him.
Thanks for a great weekend...I am honored and blessed to be a part of this church family.
Melissa
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