EMPOWERING LIVES WITH PURPOSE:
When I first started walking with Jesus, I remember being so mesmerized by women who could reference Scripture without a Bible. I wanted to do that as well. But how?
I just had to ask God for insight myself.
Searching for understanding, I surrounded myself with those who knew God’s Word deeply and let it pour out of their lives. It poured out on me as I gleaned wisdom from older, wiser women of God. I craved that same kind of biblical knowledge.
So, I began asking those women how they came to know God’s Word in such a way. The consensus among those women and many like them was this:
Knowing insight was received, like I saw in others who had years of reading God’s Word, hearing it, talking about it, and living it, became reality in my own life.
To know God’s Word, we have to read it.
This may seem a bit obvious, but how often are we curious about God or question what He desires of us without ever opening our Bibles? We want insight, or don’t we? We must give ourselves to it daily–to the reading and studying of God’s Word.
With anything, the more we read about it, the more we understand. Psalm 119:130 says, “The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding…”
We can also glean insight by hearing God’s Word from others to receive another perspective. It adds a layer of truth to the foundation we’ve established in reading God’s truths. This becomes a shared understanding and an affirmation of what we’re reading and learning.
Walking with Jesus is not something God intended for us to do alone.
“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” (Romans 10:17) Likely, the first time we ever heard the gospel was when someone shared it with us or because we listened to God’s Word, and it penetrated our hearts in Spirit-led understanding.
Our faith, spurred on by knowledge and insight to understanding, is encouraged through hearing the Word of God.