“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” – Psalm 22:1
“How can a young man keep His way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.” – Psalm 119:9-11
“Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” – Psalm 119:105
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. And the tempter came to Him and said to Him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.’ But He answered, ‘It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ” – Matthew 4:1-4
“”And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ ” – Mark 15:33-35
Jesus lived and breathed the Word of God…the Scriptures. Throughout His life, He modeled the importance of reading it and studying it and teaching it. He used it daily to help people understand more about the Father. He would frequently refer to it in His conversations with the Pharisees to correct them or to expose their hypocrisy. He used it personally to overcome temptation in the wilderness and He turns to it now to find comfort in His suffering on the cross. Even in His darkest hour, His mind was on the Scripture.
How much time do you spend reading the Bible? The Bible is the written Word of God given to us as a treasure chest of strength, guidance, and comfort. In it we find the written revelation of how God made us and how God loves us and how He wants to take care of us! It is His story! If you want to know about someone in today’s world of social media, you just go to their “Facebook” page and there it is. In a similar way, the Bible is God’s Facebook page. Do you want to know how God feels about something? Go to the Bible and you can know. God provided it for us so we could know Him better.
But, the Scripture is not only knowledge about God it also provides us with the things that we need for our day to day lives. It is a “lamp” unto our feet and a light to guide us through the darkness of this world. We can read the Bible and learn about how God calls us into a relationship with Himself and how He provides us all that we need to live this life abundantly! Wow! How often do you read the Bible?
Do you feel alone and forsaken today? When Jesus did He went to God’s Word for comfort. In fact, it is in God’s Word that we hear Jesus say, “And behold, I am with you always” (Matthew 28:20) and we hear the Father say, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5).
We have a God who speaks to us and reveals Himself to us through His Word. He offers guidance and comfort when we prayerfully read it. Have you read your Bible lately? God does speak…there is a Word for you today.