“For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe” (1 Thess. 2:13).
When we recognize that the Bible is the very Word of God, when we can truthfully say to the Lord that “my heart standeth in awe of Thy word. I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil,” then we shall find God’s Word doing a work in our hearts, for it “effectually worketh ... in you that believe.” We will know its cleansing power, for, as our Lord said to His own, “Now are ye clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.” We shall experience its guiding power, for “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” We shall know also the “comfort of the Scriptures.” So “let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom,” thus finding that your actions are affected, so that your desire will be that “whatsoever ye do in word or deed,” you will “do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.” Then earnestly “desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.”
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
That I might not sin against Thee,”
That I might show forth His praises,
And that more like Him I may be.
Psa. 119:161-162; John 15:3; Psa. 119:105; Rom. 15:4; Col. 3:16-17; 1 Peter 2:2.