| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Lifelong learning” Our Bible verse for today: “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edge sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12 (NIV) Our thought for today: “The Bible is my business” I once heard an old preacher say, “The Bible is my business.” What he meant was that since preaching and teaching the Word of God was his profession, everything he said and did, everything he preached and taught, had to be based in and grow out of the Bible. That being the case, he had to know the Bible extremely well and he never stopped studying it. The Bible was his business. That should be true for all of us. The Bible should be our business. You don’t have to be a professional minister to be a lifelong student of the Word of God. And the amazing thing about the Bible is that none of us will ever learn all it has to teach us. No matter how much you have learned, there is always something more, something new waiting to be discovered. This is why we must be lifelong learners. We will never know it all. God always has more for us. As Hebrews 4:12 says, the word of God is alive and active. Every time we read it the Holy Spirit brings the word alive in new and fresh ways – it speaks to us in personal ways, penetrating to the soul. This is what author Jim Peterson meant when he wrote, “One of the greatest gifts God has given us is the infinite opportunity for spiritual growth. But however much we have matured, there is always more beyond. It is in this that we find the adventure in living. There will always be new, unexplored dimensions of His person beckoning to us. The possibilities go off the chart.” You may not be in professional ministry; you may not have the privilege of spending entire days exploring the Bible, writing about it, teaching it, and preaching it; but that doesn’t matter. The Bible should be your business too. It is the primary way in which God speaks to us and therefore we should all have the habit of exploring its depths every day. God will always have something new to show you, something more to say to you. Also, because the word of God is alive, and because it applies to all people, in all places, at all times, that means the Bible has something to say about the issues of the day (regardless of the age of history you live in). The Bible is our guide for living; therefore, we need to be looking to the Bible for contemporary guidance every day. This is what it means to have a Biblical worldview and we will think more about that tomorrow. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00 – in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville) |
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