Lord, I’m Excited!
Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law. —Psalm 119:18
People use Our Daily Bread in many different ways. Small groups have informed me that they meet before work to read the online devotional on their laptops. Families read it together at a meal. Others reach for it on a break or during a quiet moment of the day.
A letter from one reader inspired me with her approach each morning: “As I open Our Daily Bread, I tell God that I am excited about what His Word is going to teach me. Then I read the Scripture (if it’s short, I include all the surrounding context), and I meditate [on it] and write what it is saying to me before I read what God gave the writer . . . . Since I am indexing my journal, both Scripture and topics, as I go along, I can refer back to pertinent topics at any time. I love it.”
What impressed me is her enthusiasm for the Word and the anticipation of what the Lord has for her in the Bible. She echoes the psalmist’s prayer, “Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law” (Ps. 119:18).
To look within Your Word each day;
Help me to hide it in my heart,
Lest from its truth my feet would stray.
The Bible is the Bread of Life, and it never becomes stale.
posted by I love Jesus! ! ! @ Wednesday, January 02, 2008
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