| Read the Bible slowly, not so fast as not to think about what you read, but sufficiently fast to bear in mind the drift of the whole passage or argument, to get an overall view of the whole. Then when you have read the Scriptures, search them as well. Points will often arise in your life upon which you must seek the mind of God. Sometimes you will find a passage bearing directly upon the point in question, sometimes you will not; then you must search to find some God-given principle which will apply to your case and shed light on your pathway. The Bible is pre-eminently a book of principles. Be like the Bereans, who “searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so” (Acts 17:11, JND) |
| Cultivate also the habit of diligently turning over the Scriptures in your mind. To be well nourished, it is necessary not only to eat but to digest. The ox must not only feed on fresh grass, but also chew the cud; so let us not only read and search and thereby gather information, but having done so, turn it over and over in meditation that it may really soak its way into our souls. Paul said to Timothy, “Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all” (1 Timothy 1:15). |
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