Mama's Pearl #3 - Profitable Knowledge

 

Mama’s Pearl #3 - Profitable Knowledge

Psalm 119:27
Make me understand the ways of your precepts, so shall I meditate on your wonderful works.

Line upon line, He’s setting me free, Precept on percept, for all men to see.

The Bible tells us all we need to know so we can do all God wants us to do.

The Bible is unlike any other book. It was given by God’s inspiration and is His revelation to man, on its pages we find everything we need to know to receive salvation and to live for the Lord. Paul declared that it is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. (2 Timothy 3:16.)

Some people devote more time to learning about the Bible than to discovering its message. For instance, two men spent months compiling an impressive array of statistics about scripture.

Fools make a mock of sin. (Proverbs 14:9) But among the righteous is favor.

They counted the numbers of chapters, verses, words and even letters. These facts may be interesting, and many hours of labor may go into gathering them, but how do they build us up spiritually?

What did the psalmist have in mind when he asked God to help him understand the way of His precepts? (Psalm 119:27)

He desired and should strive for an increased knowledge of God and His will.

Let’s not get sidetracked by interesting statistics and unusual facts; instead, let’s prayerfully study the content of the Bible to discover what God is saying to us about Himself and His plan for our lives. That will make our Bible knowledge most profitable.

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (2 Timothy 2:15King James Version)

Lord Jesus, help us to know you, the author of the book, not just head knowledge, but heart and soul dependence on you, so that your love will flow through us, to those we meet, that they will see you in us and want to know you too. Amen.

Taken from one of Pearl Gandy Holman's journals.