Look What God Has Provided! - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing,
majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him today and what came to my heart and mind in Romans 15:4,

"Everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so
that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we
might have hope."

In God's infinite wisdom he has provided us the Scriptures, our
Bibles. As Peter explained, the Scriptures did not have their origin
within anything man devised but that men, carried along by the Holy
Spirit, spoke from God (2 Peter 1:20-21). Peter also said,

"His divine power has given us everything we need for life and
godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory
and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and
precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the
divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil
desires."

Sitting on my coffee table is a library of 66 books, bound together
and having the common and astonishing quality of being authored by
God. As I see how Jesus Christ himself used the Scriptures as
described in the gospel accounts, these (now 66) books are clearly
different than any on planet earth. Paul tells us here in Romans 15
that it is within these unique books authored by the Holy Spirit we
find teaching directly from God that brings true encouragement -
resulting in hope and endurance. And according to Peter, these
particular books provide everything we need for life and godliness
that we might "participate in the divine nature".

How wonderful our God has provided us such a treasure as his very own
words captured in written form. What a wonderful God he is in knowing
we would need to avail ourselves of his encouragement to us within its
pages!! I deserved God's condemnation and yet, look what he has
provided me!!

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to
hear from you!

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