March 4
2019
Learning and Hope
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Romans 15:4
The Bible is not an obsolete text.
It is an active and living Word that reveals itself to us even as we read.
Patience = hypomonē=steadfastness, constancy, endurance.
Comfort= paraklēsis=a calling near, summons, (esp. for help), importation, supplication, entreaty, exhortation, admonition, encouragement.
The Scriptures, in their steadfastness and summons for us to draw near, provide hope.
We are busy.
Life is busy.
Society is busy.
The Church is busy.
When we are busy, we have to learn to prioritize our time.
Often, our Bible reading doesn’t make it to the top of the list.
We believe we will get to it later on and later on seldom comes or comes sporadically.
We forget that in the Scriptures all things that were written were written for our learning and to foster hope.
What do we need most of us in this day and age?
We don’t need more time; we would just fill that up too.
What we need is hope. Hope to see beyond today.
Hope to see where we are going.
Hope to understand the very love of Jesus that is ours if only we receive it.
Are you spending time in that hope?
If not, it is time to dig out the Scriptures, put them in a prominent place in your home and begin penciling your reading time in as a top priority.
God will redeem that time.