“For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.” —Deuteronomy 32:47 ESV
There was a time when I regarded daily Bible reading like a healthy person popping a multi-purpose vitamin. Vitamins are beneficial, and my body is fueled through their nutrients. But if I skip taking them, my general health isn’t compromised.
Contrast this with regular, necessary injections of insulin for Type 1 diabetics. Without insulin supply to replace the hormone their pancreas no longer produces, their bodies cannot process glucose and survive. Insulin is imperative for life; vitamins are not.
The longer I walk with God, the more I realize how desperately I need God’s Word to perform His work in me. Without fully being able to grasp it, I’ve come to recognize the serious error of underestimating the power and necessity of Scripture for life.
There’s a vast difference in swallowing a vitamin for an occasional energy pep and ingesting God’s Word as my very life.
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“Christian, Thrive on Daily Bible Intake”
(Leslie Bennett, ReviveOurHearts.com/blog)
Scripture taken from The CSB
Make it Personal
What would change in your daily routine if you viewed time in God’s Word as something you can’t live without?