"My son, keep my words, and treasure my commands within you.
Keep my commands and live, and my law as the apple of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart."
Proverbs 7:1-3 (NKJV)
Keeping things in the right place is very important, especially things that are useful. For example, if you had a new pair of running or walking shoes, and wanted to go for a run or walk, you would need those shoes. But, if you misplaced the shoes, if you somehow put them in the wrong place and you had lost them, then when you needed to use those shoes, you will have a problem. By keeping your shoes, and other important things, in the right place, they are where they should be, and you can use them when you need them.
We live in a world where most people have easy access to the Bible, and good Bible teaching. It is wonderful to have different versions of the Bible, as well as books and audio recordings of good Bible teaching, and there are many ways online to learn about the Bible and what it says. But, if God's Word is only in a book, some audio recording, or online, and we have not made a habit of putting God's Word into our heart, we will have problems. God's Word needs to be in our heart, our mouth, our thoughts, and our actions; it should be the main focus of our life.
There are several places in the Bible where it tells us to have God's Word in our heart. If God's Word is in our heart, if we make His Word a part of our life, then God's Word should influence what we do and say. If the Bible is just a book, and God's Word is only in some teaching somewhere or online somehow, then it shows that what God says is not an important part of our life. We do not want God's Word to just be in a book, our notes, in some recording, or online, but we need to have God's Word in our hearts, as a vital part of our life.
Keep my commands and live, and my law as the apple of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart."
Proverbs 7:1-3 (NKJV)
Keeping things in the right place is very important, especially things that are useful. For example, if you had a new pair of running or walking shoes, and wanted to go for a run or walk, you would need those shoes. But, if you misplaced the shoes, if you somehow put them in the wrong place and you had lost them, then when you needed to use those shoes, you will have a problem. By keeping your shoes, and other important things, in the right place, they are where they should be, and you can use them when you need them.
We live in a world where most people have easy access to the Bible, and good Bible teaching. It is wonderful to have different versions of the Bible, as well as books and audio recordings of good Bible teaching, and there are many ways online to learn about the Bible and what it says. But, if God's Word is only in a book, some audio recording, or online, and we have not made a habit of putting God's Word into our heart, we will have problems. God's Word needs to be in our heart, our mouth, our thoughts, and our actions; it should be the main focus of our life.
There are several places in the Bible where it tells us to have God's Word in our heart. If God's Word is in our heart, if we make His Word a part of our life, then God's Word should influence what we do and say. If the Bible is just a book, and God's Word is only in some teaching somewhere or online somehow, then it shows that what God says is not an important part of our life. We do not want God's Word to just be in a book, our notes, in some recording, or online, but we need to have God's Word in our hearts, as a vital part of our life.
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