The Biblical Word

From: Bryant Wright Ministries

 

Mark 12:30 "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."

As we strive to love God, all around us, every day, there is a constant battle for our minds. That is why we need to study the Word of God, so we can know the mind of God and what He expects of us and how He wants us to live. You're not going to learn that by reading the daily newspaper, listening to talk radio, staring at a computer, or vegging in front of the TV.

 

One of my favorite passages of Scripture is Isaiah 55:8 and 9. "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," declares the Lord. "For as the heavens are higher the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."

 

That's a beautiful passage in the Word of God to describe why the Word of God is so unique. Because everything we read here in this life tends to be contrary to what God's Word is saying. We need to immerse ourselves in the Word of God as a way of getting to know God, so that we can love God with our minds.

 

"The biblical Word, when it is read or listened to in the openness of faith, brings God in His Self-Revelation closer to us."