Refreshed by the Word

“Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.” (Psalm 119:97)

Charles Spurgeon declared, “I would rather lay my soul asoak in half a dozen verses all day than rinse my hand in several chapters.” While time in God’s Word will always prove worthwhile, if we speed through our Bible reading for the day, we are only shortchanging ourselves of the blessings we could otherwise experience if we took the time to slow down and really reflect on what we’ve read in God’s Word. Just look at the blessed life that could be ours if we simply made spending regular time reflecting on Scripture a priority.

Psalm 1:3 describes:

He is like a tree planted by streams of water,which yields its fruit in seasonand whose leaf does not wither.Whatever he does prospers.

No wonder the blessed man from Psalm 1 meditated on God’s Word day and night! Each time he spends meditating in God’s Word he is refreshed by the Living Water. In time he bears an abundance of delicious fruit. When the heat of trials come, the heat does not cause his leaf to wither. His faith is not shaken. His hope and trust is in God. This is a person completely abiding in and relying on God’s Word. As a result whatever they do prospers. However they prosper, it appears will always be evidence of an abiding life.

Your life, too, can exemplify these blessed characteristics as you increasingly delight and take time to meditate on God’s Word.

How much we delight in God’s Word will determine the quality of our time spent in the Word, as well as how often we choose to be in it. As we faithfully employ our mind to daily meditate on God’s words, we will be blessed and grow spiritually in ways we could have never imagined.
Heavenly Father, thank You for the priceless gift of Your Word. Help me not let the business of my day, distract me from spending meaningful time reading my Bible. I don’t want to miss out on anything, in it, that You have for me In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Questions: How would you describe your time in God’s Word today? Does your time resemble a refreshing soak or a quick rinse? What can you do today to make your time in God’s Word more satisfying?

Author: Brooke Espinoza