
A young man went to work
one day and was involved in an accidental explosion. The explosion burned most
of his body and caused the man to become blind. While in the hospital the young
man who had recently surrendered his life to Christ longed to read his Bible, however since he was blind he could not do so. He
had his family bring him a Braille bible; but he quickly found that because of
the explosion all the nerves in the tips of his fingers had been burnt so he
could not feel the Braille letters. He then heard about a woman from England who taught herself to read by placing the braille letters to her lips. He tried this as well only to find that even the nerves in his lips were burned too badly to feel the letters. The only place he had feeling
left was the tip of his tongue. Day after day he would hold the Braille Bible
to his face and move the letters across his tongue;until he eventually taught
himself to read in this way. Constantly throughout the day
he would read his Bible. This man read his Bible cover to cover many times.
After reading of a man that
loves the word of God so much, it made me look into my personal life. How much
do I love the word of God? How much do you love the word of God? Job 23:12 is a
challenge to us, “I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have
treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.” O that we would
desire a revelation from God more than we desire our next meal. As Christians
we will never be what God desires of us until we fall in Love with his word.
Immanuel Kant: "The
existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which
the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to belittle it is a crime
against humanity."
Ask yourself this simple
question: How much time this week did I spend in the Word of God? For many we
will find that we spend much more time watching T.V. then in our Bibles. “We
say on Sunday how much we want revival; but then on Monday we can’t even find
our Bibles.”
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