All in God’s Word

There is an old saying that goes like this “Variety is the spice of life”, and we all adhere to it in one way or another. We don’t like to vacation in the same place all the time, we like to watch different shows on television, and we certainly like to eat a variety of foods. The same is true in our spiritual lives. Although we might have favorite verses of scripture that resonate with us, that we commit to memory, and which seem to apply especially well to our lives, all scripture is meant to be taught, learned, and made a part of who we are as men and women of faith.

How valuable do you consider God’s word? Do you keep it under lock and key, guard it with your life, memorize it, and contemplate it all the day long? Prior to the invention of the printing press it was considered the greatest treasure a man could have, and every copy of God’s Word took years to create, it was painstakingly reproduced by scribes... one letter, word, sentence, paragraph and page at a time. I ask again... How valuable do you consider God’s Word?

Are we careful in our understanding of scripture? We are promised new heavens, and a righteous new world, but nothing we can concoct in our imagined interpretation of scripture, can bring it one second closer, nor delay it by the blink of an eye. No exuberant and stirring sermon, meant to convince us otherwise, or that attempts to use a single promise of God for worldly purpose or gain, is anything but false teaching, and brings with it the destruction of our spirits.