Today’s Devotional: Reading and Believing
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Even though our devotional today from Our Daily Bread is short, it’s an excellent reminder of why studying the Bible is such a spiritually valuable use of our time. Reading the Bible forces us to respond to Jesus. Without investing the time to open our hearts and read about his life and ministry, we have a hard time ever really make a decision on whether or not to follow him:
Jesus told a group of religious leaders, who were well acquainted with the Old Testament but violently opposed to Him, “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life” (John 5:39-40).
It requires an open heart as well as an inquiring mind to study the Bible. When we discover Jesus as the Person to whom the entire Bible points, we must then decide how to respond to Him.
There is great joy for all who will open their hearts to Christ and find life in Him.
Read the entire devotional at odb.org.
When did you make the jump from intellectually knowing about Jesus to actively following Him?
