Learning Scripture
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
I recently overheard someone listening to music and try to
sing the words. It must have been new to them as they were only singing the
words they could remember. They listened to the song over and over again to
memorize the lyrics.
This got me thinking, we don’t we do the same with
scripture? Not only does memorizing
Scripture allow us to act more like Christ in the face of temptation, it also
allows us to hear His voice and His words as we go through each day.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9 And these words that I command you today shall be on
your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of
them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie
down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall
be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of
your house and on your gates.
By memorizing Scripture, God’s words are planted in our
memory, grow deep, and strong. They become a natural part of our thinking and
responding.
Matthew 4:4 But he answered, “It is written,
“‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the
mouth of God.’”
We know that in this world there will be trouble, but having
Scripture hidden in our hearts can help them face whatever life throws at us. When
Christ’s words are our words they help us to better relate to others and to put
others above ourselves. They remind us of Christ’s sacrifice for us and how we,
too, should put others above ourselves.
How do we memorize scripture? Well just like the person I
overheard, you listen or read over and over again, until you can recall all the
words. You can listen to the Bible through your Bible application or listen to
someone who sings the verses. There are several people out there on YouTube or
other social media that do that. I know at least one artist that does that, she
calls it Memory Mondays.
So driving down the highway, listen to scripture, when at
home read your Bible over and over again.
How many of you remember the movie The Book of Eli? A
drifter, Eli, has been wandering westward across North America for thirty years
carrying the last known Bible. Anyway, Eli reads from this book every day and
in the end, the book gets destroyed, but Eli is able to recite the entire Bible
to someone who is recording, because over 30 years Eli memorized the entire
Bible. Oh and by the way that Bible was a Braille Bible!
The point is, listen or read the Bible and memorize scripture. I cannot tell you which scripture to memorize and I am not advocating learning the entire Bible, but praying and letting God show you which verses to learn.
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