“But if I say, “I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.”
This was written in Jeremiah’s Complaint! Can you believe it? I wish all my complaints sounded like this!
God’s word has always been of value in my life. I remember going to church with my dad when I was younger and even then I sensed the Holiness of the scriptures. I understood as much as my 10 year old brain would allow that the Bible was not something to take lightly. I understood that it was God breathed and I was advised to be careful in interpreting what it had to say.
I think our modern day church forgets how Holy it truly is because it is so accessible. You could go to any bookstore, Christian or not, and pick one up. You could get a paperback, hardback or even a leather-bound Bible. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!
It is in my opinion that because we don’t risk our lives just by holding one in our hands we lose sight of it’s value. People risk awful punishment for having a Bible in their possession. Punishment that is often times death. People willing to die just to read God’s word while we own 5, 6 Bibles and they’re sitting on our shelfs collecting dust! I point the finger first at myself. I am disgusted.
God’s word is of such great value.
Lesson to Self: Don’t lose sight of God’s word and it’s value in my life!
