Posts Tagged "scripture"

“What does he know that I don’t?” David, the writer of Psalm 119, says, “How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey.” (Psalm 119:103) Granted, there are some nice things in the Bible, but really, “sweeter than honey?” Here’s what David understands that we often miss when we read the Scriptures.  ALL of the Bible is good news. Good news that God made the world a beautiful place and will return to make it new again. Good news that God made a way for Adam and Eve and has made a way for us. Good news that God is always faithful to His people no matter how long they wander in the desert or how far they go. Good news that His commands lead to life, and life abundantly. Good news that Jesus is the...

Why bother with the genealogies in the Bible? For most of us (myself included), it’s hard to really “get something” out of the long lists of names scattered throughout the Bible. However, with a little digging, you can find some pretty interesting things. For instance… Matthew 1:1-11 records the genealogy of Jesus Christ. I was told that in the original Greek language in which it is written: The total number of words is evenly divisible by 7. The total number of letters is evenly divisible by 7. The total number of vowels & consonants are also divisible by 7. The number of words that begin with a vowel is divisible by 7. The number of words that begin with a consonant is divisible by 7. The number of words that occur more than once,...

Do not so quickly rush by what you read that it has no opportunity to take hold of your heart and take root in your mind. Be still for a moment. Breathe. Write. Think. Pray. Be aware of the words you’ve just read, and let them have their way in you, for it is often through this that the Spirit will speak to your soul.

O God, Let me read your word, let me know your word. Let me hear your word, let me heed your word. Let me love your word, let me live your word. Let me not simply read your word, but Let me open myself so that it might read me. Let me not simply live by your word, but Let me live in it, and it in me. Let me lean on your word in confidence, and Let it lean on me in conviction. Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. In the name of the Word made flesh, Jesus, Amen.