GOD’S WORD FOR FEBRUARY 5

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.

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MEDITATION’S GOAL

Nehemiah 8:8

“So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.”

D.L.  MOODY

We must study the Bible thoroughly and hunt it through, as it were, for some great truth.

If a friend were to see me searching about a building and were to come up and say, “Moody, what are you looking for?  Have you lost something?”  and I answered, “No.  I haven’t lost anything:  I’m not looking for anything in particular.”  I fancy he would just let me go on by myself and think me very foolish.  But if I were to say, “Yes, I have lost a dollar.”  I might expect him to help me to find it.

Read the Bible as if you were seeking for something of value.  It is a good deal better to take a single chapter and spend a month on it than to read the Bible at random for a month.

ERWIN LUTZER

There are two ways to read the Bible, just as there are two ways to take a trip.  For some, the goal is simple –get to the destination.  We set goals to steadily read Scripture, focused on Jesus and the overarching drama of redemption.  One danger of an annual Bible reading plan is that if we’re busy, we tend to read quickly just to get through the reading for that day.

The other way to travel is to enjoy the journey.  In Scripture reading, this is meditation.  Perhaps choose twelve books of the Bible from different genres – psalms, narratives, or epistles.  Then reread, study, and pray through one book each month.  Even just a few verses can be food for your soul.

Both styles of travel guide you to encounter God.

 We should always read to ANALYZE, by asking thoughtful questions of the text. 

Then we PERSONALIZE:  “How should this text change me?” 

Finally, we MEMORIZE specific sections.

 When we meditate on Scripture daily, we’ll be stable in adversity and prosperous in each season of life.

PRAYER

Father, please free my restless soul.  I rest in You, meditating on Your Word.

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Psalm 19:14

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

Be acceptable in Your sight,

O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.

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Isaiah 40:8

The grass withers, the flower fades,

But the word of our God stands forever.

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Luke 11:28

But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!

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Proverbs 30:5

Every word of God is pure;

He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

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Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

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Psalm 119:11

Your word I have hidden in my heart,

That I might not sin against You.

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Psalm 119:9

How can a young man cleanse his way?

By taking heed according to Your word.

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