I must realize that the Bible is not a book of magic but a book of miracle. God not only spoke to the writers of the sixty-six books, but He continues to speak through them to me today. Jesus called the words of the Bible “life” (John 6:63), and Peter called them “seed” (1 Peter 1:23–25). The Word of God is seed that contains the life principle of God Himself; and when that Word is read, digested, and obeyed, it manifests itself in a living reproduction of God, just as the seed will manifest itself again in the new plant. The Bible is not history, biography, or anthology; it is God’s life in the crystalline form of words that, when read and obeyed, releases that life for the benefit and blessing of the reader.
The Bible is food (Deuteronomy 8:3), and food is nothing more than the chemical continuation of life. Unless the Holy Spirit has food to give me, He cannot maintain the level of spiritual life in me that He desires. That is why He pleads with me not to live off experience, service, ritual, dogma, or fellowship, but to live off the Word, which alone carries the capability of sustaining my spiritual life.
The Bible is a life-giving book! It is a drugstore loaded with tonics of every description, all waiting to be used. There is enough resource to take care of all my needs, for both soul and body, for today, tomorrow, and forever.
Have I found His Word a delight to my heart? Do I read it as one searching for a love message and not just “doing my daily dozen”? Have I gone past dates, facts, numbers, and events and found God Himself there? Have I made the Bible a rendezvous with infinity and eternity, and is my soul satisfied? Praise God for the “angels’ food” He supplies for us in His Word (Psalm 78:25, KJV), which nourishes and satisfies the new man!
“And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I wait for Thine ordinances” (Psalm 119:43).
Daily with the King 