Fight Truth Decay- Study Your Bible Everyday!
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (Jos 1:8; emp added). According to God, the prerequisite for success is to stay focused on His Word, the Bible. If you want to be successful in any area of your life, you must be familiar with the Bible. You must not only read it but study it regularly. To meditate is to reflect, contemplate or keep your mind on something. It means to think about it and let it be part of you. All the things that you see today came from the unseen world. “By faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” (Heb 11:3). Everything you can feel and touch was made from the spiritual world. God spoke, and things were made. It is the same Word we have with us today as Holy Scriptures. If you live your life in the physical world, you will struggle because you are focused on temporary things.
We must learn the Bible every day not only to prevent problems but to enlighten us. The more of God’s Word we have, the greater the victories we will have. Stay in the Word. Lock the Word in your heart. Meditate upon it and walk by it. One-third of you is a spirit, and your spirit must be fed. In what other ways do you want to sustain your spirit man without the Word? Hence, Jesus says, “Man shall not eat by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” (Matt 4:4, Deut 8:3).
If we believe that this Scripture is accurate, we will not live a day without looking into it. The Word illuminates us; it brightens our path. We make so many decisions each day and many things to sort out. How do we find solutions to our compounding problems, and how do we make the right decisions? The Bible is the answer. The more of the Word of God you have in you, the less problems you will have.
Jesus said, “I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Mt 16:19). How can you know those keys without learning the Bible? If you are hungry (closed door), you need to eat (open the door). If you decide to pray, your hunger will not go away because you are using the wrong key (prayer) to unlock a closed door (food). I did that for many years, and it only led to frustrations. Unless you use the right key to open the right door, you will face many challenges in your life. We spend too much time on things that do not edify us. Let us change our mentality; fill your spirit with the Word of God, and it will be reflected in your life.
