May 31
The Bible is a book of history. It is a book of prophecy. It is a book of poetry. It is a book that tells bankrupt man how to attain the magnificent treasure that transcends time and spends into eternity. This tome has no equal. All the authors and pseudo prophets who have ever put words to paper fall far short of the magnitude and scope of this amazing word from God.
The Bible is ‘God breathed.’ It emanates from His Holy Spirit. We rob ourselves of the priceless insights of the mind and heart of God if we do not devour it, if we do not hide it in our heart as it admonishes that we do (Psalm 119:11). We deny ourselves the wisdom to know our own heart if we do not allow the candle of its truth to reveal our ‘self’ to us (see Proverbs 20:27).
The Word has great power to heal and transform men’s lives and spirits for time and eternity. It has the amazing power to refresh the weary as Solomon said in Proverbs 16:24, “Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” In Ecclesiastes 9:17, he says, “The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.”
Words have the power to lift up or cast down; to soothe the troubled spirit or to engender strife. Word have the power to preserve or to destroy. As the wise King Solomon stated in Proverbs 25:11, “A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.” Kind words, gentle words, loving words are a great and beautiful treasure.
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