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Home Search Topics Contact About | Devotions Are Vital 4Not enough attention is given to how Jesus was devoted to the Word of God and immersed in it throughout His life on earth. He often quoted the Old Testament scriptures and confirmed them. In many passages Jesus quoted the Old Testament scriptures and showed their relevance. The Apostles also believed and quoted the Old Testament scriptures. The Bible even quotes itself at times. We who are novices need to spend time in the Bible. Even people who have spent a life-time reading the Bible dozens of times continue to learn new things each time they read it. New things will jump off the pages of the Bible into our hearts and minds every day. Those things will be exactly what we need for that day. I am reminded of how the Lord provided the manna for the people of Israel. It was always enough for that day and never too much. The Bible can meet our needs for each day because it is alive and powerful. Hebrews 4:12: For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
The word quick means alive. Any day in which we do not include the Bible will be a day in which our needs will not be met as fully as God wants to meet them. Our devotions also ought to include meditation on the word. I believe a good definition of meditation is simply to roll a verse over and over in one’s mind, to think about the verse looking for everything that God wants the verse to teach us. It is interesting that there is no passage that says that Jesus meditated. I believe that Jesus brain functioned perfectly since he had no sin. To say he had a photographic memory would be totally inadequate. He had total recall and perfect understanding and did not need the repetition and concentration that we need. Jesus knew everything there was to know of God’s word without going over it in his mind. We are commanded to meditate on the word and promised blessings if we do. Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. |
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