Our journey does not end with our acceptance of Jesus that point should catapult us to seek all the wisdom we can from the Lord. This takes us opening His word and praying, asking Him to transform our hearts and help us grow. Just reading is a chore, but reading with an open heart is incredible. When we do that our roots grow down and we receive more understanding.
In the book “Seeing God in HD” by Mark Moore he states this about bible study at the end of chapter 1. “It is through the Scriptures, more than anything else, that the community of God’s people come to understand the revelation of who God is.” The bible was given to us by God so we could always have a way to talk to Him. This is very important as we live our lives on earth, because the devil will be continually trying to derail us and keep our minds off of God and on ourselves. It says, “…and let our lives be built on Him…” If we don’t know Him it is hard to build anything on Him.
I love what Jesus says in Luke chapter 6 verses 47-48, “I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to Me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the flood waters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built.” Let’s make our acceptance real by opening our hearts and minds to grow and know all that God desires from us and then share so others can enjoy the same love we know in Christ. Amen