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Reverence for the Word of God, October 6
Reverence in My Life
Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people:
and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it
may be well unto you.
Jeremiah 7:23
You need and I need that the spiritual vision shall be cleared and
intensified to behold the scheme of redemption as we have never viewed
it before. We want that our hearts should feel the mighty throbs of a
Saviour’s love. In searching the Scriptures, in feeding upon the words of
life, O consider it is the voice of God to the soul. We may be confused
sometimes over the voice of our friends; but in the Bible we have the
counsel of God upon all important subjects which concern our eternal
interests, and in temporal matters we may learn a great deal. Its teaching
will be always suited to our peculiar circumstances and calculated to
prepare us to endure trial and fit us for our God-given work.
The Bible is God’s voice speaking to us, just as surely as if we could
hear it with our ears. If we realized this, with what awe we would open
God’s Word and with what earnestness we would search its precepts.
The reading and contemplation of the Scriptures would be regarded as
an audience with the Infinite One.
We are to open the Word of God with reverence and with a sincere
desire to know the will of God concerning us. The heavenly angels will
direct our search. God speaks to us in His Word. We are in the audience
chamber of the Most High, in the very presence of God. Christ enters
the heart.
Show that you reverence your faith, speaking reverently of sacred
things. Never allow one expression of lightness and trifling to escape
your lips when quoting Scripture. As you take the Bible in your hands,
remember that you are on holy ground.
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