“How I delight in your commands! How I love them!” Psalm 119:47 NLT
How do you feel about God’s Word? Do you sometimes struggle with having a real desire to read His Word… to keep listening faithfully to what He says? Perhaps your time in God’s Word feels a bit dry or maybe confusing. You keep reading the Bible, but more out of duty than love.
Do you know that you can learn to love His Word? Psalm 119 is full of language that gushes over God’s commands, laws, and decrees – God’s Word. The Psalmist says, “Truly, I love your commands more than gold, even the finest gold.” (Psa. 119:127)
God is truly honored when we love Him and His words. It is does not delight God’s heart when we either begrudgingly read the Bible or skip it all together. He desires that we would seek out His input, because we have learned to love His ways. We will find true life as a result of hearing and following His Word.
Do you want to learn to love God’s Word. Let’s begin today. Read Psalm 119:131. Ask yourself, “What am I expecting to happen when I read the Bible?” Come with the right expectations and He will meet them. Come with low or no expectations, and they will most likely be met as well. So expect great things from God!