What do you know? In His
Word 11/26/18
Reading the Bible
daily I have learned that there is so much that I do not know in His Word. Every
year for nearly five years I read through the Bible with my friends at church
and yet I have found that I still missed so much a I study through the
scriptures. As 2018 began I decided to take the time to follow ‘Rabbit Trails’
through my notes in my study Bible. Not just the notes that are there from the
publisher but the ones that I left for myself via highlighting in different
colors. I would follow from verse to verse check the scripture references that
went with them. You can study for a long or short time doing this depending on
how much you want to eat or drink in the Word of God. Over all the best things
I have found is that you can really get to know the people in the Word. You can
really get to know God through His Word.
And people should eat
and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God. And I know that
whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God’s
purpose is that people should fear him. What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in
the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over
and over again. Ecclesiastes 3:13-16
His Word tells us a
lot about how to not have fear, to have hope, and whom to have hope in. He
gives us so much knowledge about how to live our lives that if we really get
what we read and meditate on it, we will find a lot of good information and not
have a lot of problems in life. Our God tells us in the Bible that we just need
to obey and follow His advice to get things right. Sure its not always easy but
then it wasn’t so easy for Him either! If God had to make sacrifices then why
not us?
He himself is the
sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the
world. And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments.
If someone claims, “I
know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is
not living in the truth. But whoever keeps His Word, truly the love of God is
perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 1 John 2:1-5
He has put th Word
together for us to read and obey. HE wanted us to have a directional path to
follow and this gives us a guide book.
He wrote the words in
the Bible for you!
I write to you, little children,Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.
I write to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
Because you have overcome the wicked one.
I write to you, little children,
Because you have known the Father.
Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
Because you have overcome the wicked one.
I write to you, little children,
Because you have known the Father.
I have written to you,
fathers,
Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one. 1 John 2:12-14
Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one. 1 John 2:12-14
It’s kind of cool, the more we
read the Word, the more we know God, the more we know God, the more we know
where to walk and what to do in our lives. We can find help to choosing the
right things, instead of the wrong things.
No matter how much we read we
always need to read more though, its like the more we know the more we know
there I more to know…you know?
I for one want to keep
studying to show myself approved as well as to know God and His people more and
more. When I know more of the things that happen in the Word, then I can know
better what to do when things go haywire, which they always do. This is life
after all and life is not perfect, not even for those who look perfect on the
outside!
You can read the book of Esther
to see all the things going on in her life that
on the outside looked
fantastic but behind closed doors she had to obey God to save her people from
extermination! Had they not known God so many people would have perished!
Dear Heavenly Father, our
Father God, we thank you for allowing us to know you, and to know You more!
Help us to dig in Your Word and really enjoy waking in it daily, in Jesus name,
amen.
Suggested Reading; 1 John 2:
1-29, Ecclesiastes 3:1-22, Psalm 46:1-11, and 1 Timothy 3:1-16.