Dietrich Bonhoeffer said " Why do I meditate? Because I am a Christian. Therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word in Holy Scripture is a lost day for me. I can only move forward with certainty upon the firm ground of the Word of God."
Since the day I read that in a book for class, I have not been able to stop thinking about it. It made me wonder how many lost days have I had? Is today a lost day? I realize that I don't want to have a lost day.
We often forget the role of the Holy Scriptures in our lives. The Scriptures are real, relevant and they are the words of God so they have power to speak into our lives. How am I to grow closer to the Lord and hear him without meditating on Scriptures? The Scriptures not only tell stories that we can relate to, the scriptures also reveal about God's nature. The Scriptures are one of God's ways that he choose to reveal himself through. It reveals of God as father, son and Holy spirit, the triune God. If I want to move forward, then it is as Bonhoeffer states it "I can only move forward with the certainty upon the firm ground of the Word of God." The opposite may also be true I cannot move forward (at least not in God's will) if I do not have the firm ground of the Word of God.
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