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Олексій • 2 years назад

“I will rejoice in Your decrees, I will not forget Your words.” — Psalm 118:16

My husband and I organized a student group and gave each participant a Bible. “God will use these priceless gifts to change your life,” I said. That evening, several students decided to read the Gospel of John together. We continued to encourage the group to read the scriptures at home and also taught them during our weekly meetings. More than ten years later, I met one of the members of our group. “I still use the Bible you gave me back then,” she said. I saw confirmation of this in her faith-filled life.

God empowers His people to go beyond reading, quoting and memorizing. He gives us the opportunity to keep our path “pure” in order to live according to the Scriptures (Ps. 118:9). God wants us to seek and obey Him as He uses His unchanging truth to free us from sin and change us (vv. 10-11). We can ask God every day to help us know Him and understand what He says in the Bible (vv. 12-13).

Realizing the valuelessness of a pious way of life, we can “rejoice” in God’s instructions, “like a great estate” (vv. 14-15), and sing with the psalmist: “I will rejoice in Your decrees, I will not forget Your words” (v. 16). By asking the Holy Spirit to empower us, we can enjoy every moment spent in prayerful Bible reading that changes our lives.

How do you invest in scripture study? How can enjoying biblical texts change your view of God’s call to obey Him?

Loving God, please help me to rejoice in the precious words of Scripture as You give me the strength to submit to Your wisdom and authority in my life.

Author: Sosheel Dixon