Do you sometimes
feel that the Word of God is too difficult for you to understand? “The teaching
of your word gives light,” the Psalmist wrote,”so even the simple can
understand” (Psalm 119:130, NLT). The Word is too difficult to understand when
you over analyze it with your mind instead of allowing the Holy Spirit to use it
to change your heart. When you over analyze the Word, your attempt to understand
it is done with your strength. You are seeking your own revelation. You miss the
light it brings. However, when you read it and pray for Him to reveal Himself in
it, He shines His light on His Word. Then it has the power to change your heart
and life.
Even the simple
heart of faith can understand the Word of God. Open the Word with a seeking
spirit. Yes, study it with your mind, but pray to have the mind of Christ to
gain understanding so you don't over analyze and struggle with it. Pray for Him
to reveal His truth to you. Read His Word slowly over and over. It may be only
one verse, and that one verse prayed over and sought after can impart a wealth
of teaching that changes your heart. Persevere and don't become discouraged.
Jesus Christ is the Word (John 1:1). So when you seek and pray to know the Word,
you seek a deeper relationship with Him. Your perseverance in the Word opens
your spirit to understand His Truth. When you persevere in prayer to know Jesus
better, the Holy Spirit comes and helps you understand Christ through His Word.
He sheds His light on what you have read, and its Truth becomes an anchor to
your soul.
The Word “is not too difficult for you or beyond your
reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, 'Who will ascend into
heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?' Nor is it beyond the
sea, so that you have to ask, 'Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it
to us so we may obey it?' No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and
in your heart so you may obey it” (Deuteronomy 30:11-14, NIV).
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