Psalm 119:18
“Open my eyes that I may see
wonderful things in your law.”
Here are four ways to come to God’s Word with open eyes.
1. Come Humbly: ”Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.” (1 Peter 2:2) What’s more helpless than a baby? What’s more needy, or dependent? That’s how we should approach the Bible, like babies going after a bottle. Forget asking if you’ve read your Bible today . . ask how much you’ve been in it? How many times have you turned to God’s words to sustain you today? To give you answers you needed? To give you hope and joy? How many times have you recalled memorized scripture from days gone by? Crave God’s word as a baby craves life-giving milk.
2. Come Hungry: ”For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.” (Psalm 107:9) What we hunger for determines what satisfies our hunger. Accept no substitutions! Refused to be satisfied with the junk food of television, movies, music, and consuming when you can sit at God’s table with the One who loves you so much.
3. Come Persistently: Ask more from each verse. Paul speaks of the manifold wisdom of God” in Ephesians 3:10. The word manifold means that each verse is like a diamond – every angle brings us another beam of light. Martin Luther said, “Study your bible like you pick apples. First, shake the tree, then shake the limbs, then shake the branches, then shake the twigs, then look under every leaf. Don’t just read passages that are familiar and comfortable to you. Dive into God’s word and soak it all up.
4. Come Openly: Don’t read the Bible to try and pinpoint what’s wrong with your neighbor. Personalize what you read. Ask God to help you understand and apply His truths to your life. Don’t just read it and change nothing, allow God to change whatever needs it.
Come with open eyes and an open heart and experience God’s living Word!
Related Text:
Deuteronomy 6:5-9
