The Word of God is not merely inspired writ for spiritual guidance or simply the motivational speech of a pre-fame pep talk—they are the very words of God for his children to lead them to success, significance and satisfaction. In fact, they are our life, both now and forevermore. We should absorb them as we would absorb nutrients to stay alive and to keep healthy. We should mediate on them and memorize them. We should master them, becoming experts in this divine treasure map we call the Bible. But mostly, we should lovingly, faithfully and eagerly obey these words, for they are the Words of Life!

A Simple Prayer for a Deeper Love of God’s Word:

God, I pray that you would create in me an unquenchable love for your Word. Help me that I might truly and fully become a person of the Scriptures. I don’t merely want to study them in order to regurgitate them as spiritual sounding “christianese” — I want to live and breathe them. I want to be a doer of the Word, not just a hearer. I want to consume them morning, noon and night. I want to understand them in my heart and apply them in my actions throughout the day. And as I lay my head on a pillow to end the day, I want to have so lived them that in every way they have been honored as the very words of God. Lord, give me a deeper love for your Word.