Friday, October 27, 2017

Ezra 7

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel. v.10

Read chapter 7
We finally read of this man Ezra whom this book is named after.  We see that he was a skilled scribe of the Law of Moses- an administrative assistant we might call today that could type 100 words per minute.  Another amazing note about him recorded in scripture is how he prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord and put it into practice.  He didnt just read and write the scriptures but he studied and applied them in his heart and actions.
Do you study the Bible?  Do you know how to? That was for sure my struggle when I first started desiring to read the Bible, I just didn't really know how to start or what to read or how to dissect it as so many others seemed to do so naturally.  How another student of the Bible put it:
This is what happens when we have a respect for Scripture, but not a right view of it. In my study, careful though it was, I stood over the Bible in interpretive authority. What I didn’t truly understand was that it is not us who stand above Scripture, rather it is Scripture that stands above us as our authority.  When we approach the Old and New Testaments it is crucial to apprehend that, in a sense, we don’t read the Bible, the Bible reads us! The end goal of Scripture is not a purely academic understanding and recitation of God’s living truth but to be both transformed and conformed to it, and our interaction with it should reflect that. When you approach Scripture remember that you are approaching the powerful words of the living God. Meet him in humility. (www.shortdailydevotions.com)
Have you prepared your heart to seek God's Word and do it? You may not have extreme administrative skills, but God's word is for the simple too for "the testimonies of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple" (Psalm 19:7).

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