Between the Covers

 

...you accepted it

not as the word of men

but as what it really is,

      the Word of God,

which is at work

          in you believers.

         1 Thessalonians 2. 13

(The Word of God is not stagnant,

nor just printed letters on a page,

but cannot help but to

         change lives

   and shift the tectonic plates of the world.

The Bible is not just

   a collection of amazing ancient stories,

or just another book on our shelves,

  but the very words of God.

God profoundly uses these words

     to point us to Him.

Do we treat Scripture that way?

God provides His Word

        not just to impact our day,

but to radically change our hearts

  and the course of our lives.)

O LORD,

Please marinate our hearts

            in Your Word

that we would fulfill

   and be faithful in all

   that You have set before us today.

Thank You for the Bible

   that we can not just know about You,

   but we can know You more.

May we go forth into our day

   changed because

   we spent time with You.

Radiate from within us.

Help us to live out Your Word

    in all we do, say,

    and even in our attitudes.

We delight in You.