The Word Leads to God

Many good people haven´t realized that studying the Bible has its right and wrong ways. The Pharisees of Christ´s day were experts in their study of the Scriptures. But they failed to see that the words written there foretold of their crimes. The Bible also talks of us in our day. So, we should be careful to point ourselves and others in the right direction when we speak of going to the Word of God.

Studying the Bible is crucial. It will either preserve our lives or keep us from ever having true life with our God. People often use Biblical knowledge to further their earthly ways. We secretly pride ourselves on our knowledge. We lord it over others. We fill our heads with our own good fortune and celebrate the demise of those who don´t have what we do. We haven´t let the Bible condemn us and hang us on our cross. Every story of every person in the Bible is us. We have committed every crime. But the good can come to us as well.

When we start to see that the Word was written for us, it can bring us into a direct relationship with the Divine. We can lay down our ways of thinking and acting. We can learn to hear the instruction from our new, nearest, and dearest Friend. God can and will lead. But we must let His Word bring us to Him.

Dear Lord, we are all guilty of separating Your Word from You. We do it every time we think we understand something and forget to seek Your presence. Help us overcome our nature. Heighten our awareness until every verse makes us need You with us. Let every message lead us closer in our relationship. Ämen

Psalm 73:28 ESV / But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

Psalm 145:18 ESV / The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Psalm 16:8 ESV / I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Philippians 4:5-7 ESV / Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 139:7-10 ESV / Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.