24 But the word of God increased and multiplied. Acts 12:24 (ESV)
Wow, we just completed a detailed study on the Bible, the origin, the progression, the translations and how to study this tangible document of immeasurable value. Think about God’s Word in your hands. Think about God’s Word in available to you anytime and every day. What does that mean to you? Let’s begin by thinking what it means to say God’s Word. The most likely first cognitive response is the Bible, the book that is placed somewhere in your home and carried (or should be carried) to church on Sunday. But think deeper this is the very Word of God. If you was to read a book written by Steve Bennett or even more practical and contemporary as you read this blog there are thoughts, ideas, concepts and messages being transferred from my mind to yours. That is the same thing that happens when you read the Bible. The very words of the Creator God is transferred from His infinite mind to yours in portions that you are able to handle.
In our study we discovered that some of the Word of God was penned by God Himself, no scribe, no inspired writer, by God. When Moses went to a mountain called Sinai God wrote a portion of the Bible and give it to His man. Wow, and you many, many years later get to read what the Creator of the Universe, the One who holds everything in His hand wrote! We are so blessed. I encourage you to stay in the Word, God’s Word, God’s Message to you. He wrote it, preserved it even gave you the means to own it. Give Him thanks for this wonderful gift and provision. Bless Him by reading it every day. If the president of the United States sent you a personal letter would you read it? Of course you would, you would be honored to receive it. God is much more valuable that any human being and He wrote you a wonderful love letter, be sure to read it again and again.
Lord Jesus show us more and more of the value of this precious love letter we call the Bible. Amen.
