The Pharisees made an idol of the Scriptures for they were rigid, and Jesus told them that they searched the scriptures but refused to come to him to have life. (John 5:40) Jesus makes himself real to us and one of the important ways is through the Bible. We need to open our Bibles with expectancy and with attentiveness. Our relationship with the Lord is most important thing and He wants to speak to us and instruct us each day, but we need to listen. Sometimes we get a deeper meaning when we put ourselves in the stories of scripture and imagine what it was like to be one of the characters. When we go to our see our grandkids, I usually have some games planned and one of them is to act out a certain Bible story that I have written out and placed in a plastic egg. Whoever discovers first which story is being enacted will get the money found in the egg. We, too find treasure as we let the Word speak to us with an openness to let it change our life. Sometimes we need an attitude change or it could be we need to confess sin, like David did in the Psalms.
It is important that we are open to having the Lord change us and transform us as He speaks to us through His Word. We are to be humble and not be like the proud, self-righteous publican, but like the humble sinner. Foster suggests before reading the Word, we start with prayerful silence, inward quietness and also with a humble and expectant spirit. Lord, what would you desire to teach me today? What do I need to learn? Pour your living water into my soul and transform me to be more like you.
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