| “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” |
| —2 Timothy 3:16-17 |
Have you ever noticed when you take a class that focuses on a very complicated subject how helpful a really good textbook can be? And, have you noticed that in the same kind of class, if the textbook is lacking, how much more difficult understanding the subject can become?
Having a really good textbook is an important part of developing a worthwhile course of study. That’s why we who follow Jesus are so very fortunate that God has given and preserved the best possible textbook: God’s written Word, the Bible. For, in God’s written Word, we have all that we need to apprehend what God wants us to know about Him, about His gift of love to us of salvation from our sins through His Son, Jesus, and how we are to bend our selfish human wills to His perfect will.
It’s no wonder then, that the Apostle Paul, in writing to his son in the faith, Timothy, penned these words, as recorded in 2 Timothy 3:16-17:
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
God-breathed words of life, useful for teaching and training in righteousness—what a perfect description of this most wonderful Book. We should certainly devote time to reading, studying, and meditating on God’s written Word every day.
By planting the truth of the Bible in our hearts and minds, we can begin each new day prepared to face whatever may come our way. Over a lifetime of study, we become aware—more and more—of how God’s divine presence constantly intersects with the pathway He has laid out before us.
I encourage us to make time for the reading, studying and meditating on God’s written Word this day and every day. I know that I need this timely reminder and likely you do, too.
If we listen to God speak to us through His written Word, we will know what He wants us to do. And, nothing could give us clearer direction than that.
Based on a blog originally posted on Monday, February 6, 2017
