Nuggets of Gold

God's Word is like a great treasure chest, hidden yet within reach; buried so deep beneath the surface of the visible, and revealed only to those who
 will look past the obvious.  Often I find myself wondering if I'm ever going to get to the place where God would have me to be...  so I keep digging, searching through His Word in spite of the obvious junk-iness around me.
     Gratefully I am able to acknowledge that there is truly a place; a place of absolute healing, absolute wholeness.  Oh!  How often I meditate on how that place actually must be like.  I have learned that if I reflect on the absorbed Word of God, that which I already know to be true, and search for more of what has yet to be discovered, at times He gives me great glimpses of that place.  Nothing in this world compares to the priceless peace of knowing God's Word for me; for my children, for my husband, family, ministry.  Just knowing that God has taken such an intense and overwhelming interest in ME! 

     I am consumed with a desire to know more and more about Him, Who loved me first.  There is no way I can get any closer to God without first getting closer to His Word.  His Word is His heart revealed to us, and gratefully His Holy Spirit waters it all over our soul with understanding.  How often I have come across Scriptures I have not quite understood, and carlessly not asked God about.  In my quest to know Him more intimately, and personally get more acquainted with Him, I am learning to ask God more questions about His Word... because I want to know.  I want to know about the still waters.  I want to know about the distant thunder.  I want to know about the genteleness of a quiet spirit... and how can I obtain and maintain one for my own life? 

     I am a person who loves to read.  If I am not careful though, I can easily allow my time to be unbalanced with reading books and literature about God and His Word, and not the books (66 in the Old and New Testament combined) He has written!  If not careful I can easily allow myself to skip over Scriptures that are scattered throughout that reading material, because "I already know it!".  The treasure chest of His Word overflows with gold nuggets of His promises; dig in!  It truly is the only book you can read, that reads you back, as well!

     ASK:  Am I carelessly overlooking His Word in my search for more of Him?  Do I foolishly think I can accumulate the reading of many books, as if they enhance The Book, the Holy Scriptures?

     WORDS TO LIVE BY:  I have hidden Your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.  Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your principles.  I have recited aloud all the laws you have given us.  I have rejoiced in Your decrees as much as in riches.  I will study Your commands and reflect on Your ways.  I will delight in Your principles and not forget Your Word.  Psalm 119:11-16