EAT THE BOOK
Psalms 19:7-14
David says wonderful things about God’s Word. We believe it. But believing isn’t enough. We all believe that food builds up the body. But if we stopped there, we’d be weak and emaciated. Food must both be taken in and lived out in action. Then it does its work in the body. If we take in the Word and live it out, it will refresh us, throw light on the path, give wisdom and strength, and lead to victory.
LIVING THE BOOK OPENS IT
Acts 8:26-39
Written words always have the power of their source. That is why God’s Word is so wonderful. Even when you do not quite understand it you feel its power. It is a blessed thing to have the personal touch with the Man of the Book. Only so can one understand it, and help others to. And we never do understand his Word until we begin to live it. Living it opens it.
CUT OUT THE “IF”
Acts 2:37-47
When we learn about Jesus, we realize it was our sin that hurt him to the death. And the natural question is, “What shall we do about it?” When we let him have his way, he makes us share instead of hoarding. So we give him a channel. And he is a God who doeth wonders when he has a channel. He did wonders through these Apostles. He will eagerly do wonders all the time, everywhere, if—— ’
HOW TO FIND THE TRUTH ABOUT JESUS
John 1:43-51
Nathanael heard about Jesus. He might have just stayed where he was, and “listened on.” How many of us just “listen on”! But merely listening about Jesus keeps him waiting. When we start toward him, he sees us coming, and speaks to us just where he finds us. And he never fails to satisfy the heart. Then we know it is really he; for no mere man ever really meets and satisfies us just where we know we are.
SIGNPOSTS NEEDED
John 1:35-42
John was like a signpost pointing to Jesus. A signpost may seem insignificant—just a common bit of wood stuck up. But it’s a great thing; for it shows the right way. We don’t question signposts; we go the way they point. Let’s have the sign of Christ so clear upon our lives that men will go straight to him, with never a doubt as to which is the right way.
