The Law of the Lord is Perfect

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;

The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;

The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;

The judgements of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold;

Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Moreover by them Your servant is warned,

And in keeping them there is great reward.

-Psalm 19:7-11

In our world today, it seems that the Lord and His Word have often become an afterthought.  And yet His Word makes wise the simple, rejoices the heart, and enlightens the eyes.  His Word is true and righteous and to be more desired than much fine gold.  Reading and meditating on His Word brings great reward. 

Recently I heard a speaker asked about his amazing method for reading God’s Word.   James M. Tour, a synthetic organic chemist, said that his method wasn’t so amazing.  “I always start reading in Genesis chapter 1 and then continue through Revelation chapter 22, and when I am done, I start again. I don’t read rapidly. In fact, I read the Bible slowly and deliberately. It can take 2-3 years for me to complete the Bible at the daily pace that I read. But that’s just fine with me, and I suspect it’s also okay with God. God speaks to me almost every day from the pages of that book.”

Sometimes we want to make reading God’s Word a weary task.  We seek the best Bible study and are many times disappointed with our choice.  We stop and start and falter.  The method Dr. Tour uses seems too simple.  But this simplicity is the key to reading and benefiting from God’s Word on a daily basis.   So part of my objective in this blog will be reading slowly and deliberately through God’s Word and recording some of my thoughts.  I will begin in Matthew 1.