Month: January 2018

The Best Book to Read

On By Rachel ChadalavadaIn Life, WorshipLeave a comment

Growing up in Sunday school, one song that stuck with me goes like this – “The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the Word of God the B-I-B-L-E!” It has always been engrained in me that it is important for me to read God’s Word and obey it. For a long time I read the Bible as if I were doing God a favor. Little did I know the blessings that I was missing out on by not loving His Word.

Years of constant uncertainty have caused me to desire a close, intimate walk with Jesus and I have come to realize that the Bible is not only God’s Word but also a revelation of Who He is. There is no way I can possibly love God without loving His Word, nor is there a way to know God without spending time in His Word.

A few months ago I attended a Bible study during which the speaker quoted Ezra’s love for God’s Word. For some reason that struck a chord with me and I decided to read through Psalm 119. As I read through it, my eyes were opened to the blessings that were in store me when I spent time with God’s Word. As if getting to know the Lord more and more weren’t enough motivation to spend time with the Bible, here are 20 blessings that Psalm 119 reveals:

  1. God’s Word blesses us – v1&2
  2. It helps us be blameless – v1&3
  3. It provides freedom from shame – v6
  4. It causes us to praise God – v7
  5. It helps us keep our ways pure – v9&10
  6. Our eyes will behold wonderful things – v18
  7. It takes away reproach and contempt –
  8. It keeps us calm even when people stand against us, when they sit and intentionally plot against us (v23)
  9. It counsels us – v24
  10. It strengthens us – v28
  11. It enlarges our hearts to want more – v
  12. It turns our eyes from vanity – v37
  13. It produces reverence – v38
  14. It equips us to have an answer for him who reproaches us – v42
  15. It gives us freedom – v45
  16. It gives us courage to stand before kings and bear witness – v46
  17. When we bear witness, God’s word keeps us from being ashamed – v46
  18. It revives us in times of affliction – v50
  19. It comforts us – v52
  20. It causes us to be sensitive to evil and produces righteous anger – v53

I have a whole new perspective on the reading the Bible now and truth be told, the more I read God’s Word, the more I want to read more of it.

In closing I must say, “I lift my eyes up, my help comes from the Lord.”