Psalm 119:89 ;For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

DAILY READING • 1 Corinthians 7:1-24; 1 Kings 20; Amos 4:4-13

Through the ages, the enemy had viciously fought the availability of the Word of God to mankind.
Many of the people who worked to translate the Bible into simple languages and make it available to everyone, did so at a great cost. Many paid with their own lives.

One of these was John Hus. He was a catholic priest who lived in the 14th century. His life was so dramatically impacted by God’s Word that it moved him to cry out for reform in the Church..He advocated a return to the authority of the Scriptures as the sole source of faith and doctrine for the Christian Church. He categorically stated that Christ is the only Head of the church.
For this, he was branded a heretic and was excommunicated. He found refuge outside of the city, where he continued to preach, write, and study.

In 1414 he was arrested , given a mock trial without the benefit of an advocate, and condemned to death as a heretic. He was kept in prison for seven months before he was brought forth to be burned. As Hus stood before the stake he said, “In the truth of the Gospel which I have written, taught, and preached, I die willingly and joyfully today.” Then the fire was kindled, and he was burned to death.
John Hus was killed for making the Bible easily available to men. Besides John Hus, other Bible translators as Wycliffe, and Tyndale had also paid with their lives.
Today, because of these great men who willingly died for the Gospel, we can have free access to the Bible.

Having the Bible so easily available, let us always remember the great price that has been paid for it to be so. We must therefore value the precious gift the Bible is to humanity. It is the very Word of God existing among us.
The Bible is the only book which contains the actual words of God. More than 3,000 times in the Bible you will find “thus saith the Lord’, with the very words of God written down. This is God’s direct communication to humanity.

This is why we should approach the Bible with reverence, knowing it contains the living Word of the Living God. These are words that can transform us, empower us and grant us continual victory in life

Through His Word God has given us the light that will guide us into the great destiny He has prepared for us.

God has good plans for every of His children, but failure to follow His Word is what leads to missing God’s plans and purpose..

In Jeremiah 29:11 God says ‘For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.’

Indeed God has an expected end in mind for us. But we have to follow His Word to get there.
As we study His Word daily and obey the leading of the Spirit, it is only a matter of time before we arrive at our destined place.

It is God’s desire to give us health, healing, power, prosperity, joy and every good thing in life, but the path to it all is in His Word.
Why the enemy fights so hard to keep men away from God:s Word is to deny them access to God’s good plans.

No believer can arrive at greatness without obedience to Scriptural instructions.
As long as we walk in line with God’s Word, we will always have the victory . As we remain constantly daily connected to the Word, God will always cause us to triumph.

We can never understand our times, seasons and reasons behind them except we come to the Word and allow the Holy Spirit to unravel truth to us.

When you begin to develop a culture of total regard for the Word, the Spirit of God will open up its content to you with depth of revelations you never imagined. It will be the road map to your glorious destiny, it will take you to heights you never imagined in life.
Let us therefore from today, begin to approach the Bible with a renewed sense of value and appreciation for this great gift God has given to humanity.

PRAYER: Lord, please as I study Your Word, may my life begin to manifest tangible benefits. Through the power in Your Word may I indeed begin to see wonders without number in Jesus Name.

QUOTE
Reading The Bible gives you over view, Studying it takes you to depths. – WORDBITE 222.