I love spending time in God’s Word! When I am able to to tuck myself away in some undisclosed location and focus through prayer on all that God reveals in His Word, there is nothing like it. I understand that different people like different things, but having the chance to interact with the Creator of the universe and hear the words in my heart that He prompted men of old to pen down, is unmatched. To spend time reading the truths which He has preserved through wars, famine, disease, the rise and fall of empires, and the attempted obliteration by despots, has to be one of the greatest privileges that mankind will ever know!
The Bible has incredible facets of perspective. As we read through each chapter and verse we see a beautiful kaleidoscope as the Holy Spirit inspired each writer through his own personality. When we read the 23rd Psalm can’t you hear David’s heart? In 2nd Timothy, can’t you hear the loving encouragement of the aged apostle pleading with his young protege to remain faithful after he is gone? In Genesis 1:1 there is an otherworldly majesty when we read “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” No other writing in this world comes close to the consistent beauty and harmony that we find in the Bible. It is inviting but challenging, warm but stern, joyful but fearsome, soothing but tough. It is amazing!
And it changes lives. Numerous are the times that a person has found themselves at what they believe is the end of their rope, and just before they make the tragic decision to leave this life, there on the table beside the hotel bed, or tucked away on the bookshelf across the room is a Bible; often forgotten, often overlooked, but always there. And in those moments of desperation, that tormented soul reaches for it in a last ditch effort to avoid what he or she believes is the only answer. In a hope against all logic, they open the pages and are immediately drawn in. Moments turn into hours and what seemed so impossible just a short time ago becomes a reality. That tormented soul has become triumphant and a new life begins by simply reading a passage such as “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1), or “For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38,39), or “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
There’s so much more that could be mentioned like the little nuggets you may have never noticed before that make you say,”Wow” or the timeless truths that you have read over and over again that have anchored you into the bedrock of your faith. The Bible never gets old. It is never outdated. It always speaks to the contemporary matters of life. That’s why I love spending time in the Word. That’s why it’s my happy place!
Scripture-Driven Life 