To My Beloved Daughters in Him:
The word of God is important. In fact, Psalm 138 tells us that our God has magnified His Word ABOVE his name. Wow! It is that important. Paul tells us in Romans 10 that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God and says this in the same chapter:
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?... For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!
The word is necessary for salvation but it is also necessary for continued sanctification....Peter tells us that the word is how we grow. Crave it...desire it as a newborn babe desires milk because it is necessary for life. Cling to the word like that...depend on the word as a newborn depends on the milk it gets from its mother. Make it your life source...because it is your life source. Jesus is the Word.
James tells us to receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save our souls. He also reminds us that a quick look is not what is in order...we are to gaze deeply into the mirror of His word. We are to look long and hard and allow it to transform us as we surrender to what the Spirit of God shows us.
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.--2nd Corinthians 3:18
The writer of Hebrews says this about God's word:
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Paul speaks of it this way in Romans, Chapter 15:
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
But here in Psalm 119 David gets very practical...why is the word of God important...so that I might not sin against you. The word protects us from sin. If we do not know the Word of God, we can't protect ourselves from sin. Knowledge of the word is our prevention and protection against sin. Where there is ignorance, there is sin. Where there is not introspection and self awareness...gazing into the word and allowing it to reveal to you the thoughts and intentions of your heart...there is continued and ongoing sin. Without the word of God, we are defenseless. We cannot walk worthy of Him who died for us and now lives to make intercession for us. Knowing the word is what enables us to say no to sin and yes to righteousness. And..this is very important....Once we know what it says, we are then to become doers of what we know.
Immerse yourselves in the word, girls. Let it be always in your thoughts. Make it such a part of your life and your daily walk that you would not go anywhere without it or not go an hour without thinking on it. Let the word be the abundance of your heart. Speak of it to your children...see the application for it everywhere. Use it in your life and in your children's as Timothy exhorts...
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
To know the word and do it is to stay in the will of your God. When you were small, I likened the Word of God and His will to an umbrella. If you went outside of His will you got wet, but if you stayed under that umbrella you were under His protection and care and blessings would abound. Very simple, I know...but I liked it because the simplicity of it spoke to my heart as well.
Here is my final exhortation:
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, doall in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.--Colossians 3:16-17
Okay one more...Isaiah 8
To the law and to the testimony!
But here in Psalm 119 David gets very practical...why is the word of God important...so that I might not sin against you. The word protects us from sin. If we do not know the Word of God, we can't protect ourselves from sin. Knowledge of the word is our prevention and protection against sin. Where there is ignorance, there is sin. Where there is not introspection and self awareness...gazing into the word and allowing it to reveal to you the thoughts and intentions of your heart...there is continued and ongoing sin. Without the word of God, we are defenseless. We cannot walk worthy of Him who died for us and now lives to make intercession for us. Knowing the word is what enables us to say no to sin and yes to righteousness. And..this is very important....Once we know what it says, we are then to become doers of what we know.
Immerse yourselves in the word, girls. Let it be always in your thoughts. Make it such a part of your life and your daily walk that you would not go anywhere without it or not go an hour without thinking on it. Let the word be the abundance of your heart. Speak of it to your children...see the application for it everywhere. Use it in your life and in your children's as Timothy exhorts...
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
To know the word and do it is to stay in the will of your God. When you were small, I likened the Word of God and His will to an umbrella. If you went outside of His will you got wet, but if you stayed under that umbrella you were under His protection and care and blessings would abound. Very simple, I know...but I liked it because the simplicity of it spoke to my heart as well.
Here is my final exhortation:
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, doall in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.--Colossians 3:16-17
Okay one more...Isaiah 8
To the law and to the testimony!
