136My eyes shed streams of water,
Because they do not keep Your law. (Psalm 119:136)
I feel like what I imagine David might have felt like when he penned those words. In my heart… I am saddened, when I hear people express their disbelief of Scripture.
By no means am I full of understanding or knowledge: no, I am certainly ignorant. But I can't imagine life without God's Word. To me, it brings fullness of life. How rich is God's mercy towards me! That I would be born now, after having revealed the great mystery of His Will to the Church (Ephesians 5:32), and seeing that is the Purpose of His creation.
But the Old Testament, even the Pentateuch, in them and throughout them have the expression of His Purpose, although that mystery was not always revealed. Look at how Job viewed death!
9“When a cloud vanishes, it is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.” (Job 7:9)
Job knew nothing about life after death! But even so, if you read through Job, in his words He prophecies Jesus, and even the grace which God extends through us. He was speaking prophetically without even knowing it!
Aidan and I last night spent a few hours just… combing the Scriptures, blown away about how much Scripture supports itself. It's utterly astounding, I feel right now like I can't get enough of it. There is so much there to discover, discern, learn, study.
Anyways… yeah. The Bible. The Word Of God in physical form. It's absolutely critical to the Christian life, and we need to know it an understand it, we desperately need God to reveal it's mysteries to us. If you're reading this, ask God to open up the Scriptures. They are His primary method of communicating everything to us, and to determine morality on our own, outside of the revelation of the Holy Spirit, is more than dangerous, it's foolhardy.
