The word
is very near to you;
it is in your mouth
and in your heart
for you to observe.
“The word is … in your mouth.” Is that true for you?
One of our best Bible teachers at our church insists on memorizing Scripture. It drives her friends nuts! She persists. They resist. But she is right … and even if her friends aren’t actively memorizing, by going through the Scripture more and more and more deeply, “the word is [increasingly] very near.” Indeed, even if the word may not be literally “in [their] mouth” (at least in terms of being on the tip of their tongue), it is absolutely being woven deeper and deeper “in [their] heart.” Thanks be to God!
As this one powerfully effective Bible-teaching friend insists and persists in the memorization of Scripture, I want to celebrate two other teachers at our church. They are teaching a class on “Learning Scripture through Song.” Brilliant!
You’d be surprised how many verses you have already memorized …
· Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and light unto my _______. Psalm 119:105
· Create in me, a clean _____, O God, and renew a right ______ within me. Psalm 51:10
· Seek ye first the ________ of God, and his righteousness. Matt 6:33
· Bless the Lord, O my _________. Psalm 31:1
· As the deer panteth for the ______, so my soul longeth after thee. Psalm 42:1
· Arise, shine, for your ______ has come. Isaiah 60:1
· I will enter his gates with _____________. Psalm 100:4
There’s lots more. You know Scripture. At worship each week, it’s being woven in your heart. When you listen to Christian radio, it’s in your hearts … and tickling your soul. And when you sing, it is, as today’s verse prescribes, in your mouth too.
So … this weekend, I hope you sing his praise … and learn scripture at the same time. (And if you don’t have a Sunday School class, try this one … or any of our other great offerings. Sew the word deeper in your heart.)
In Christ’s Love,
a guy who sings the answers …
path, heart, spirit, kingdom,
soul, water, light, thanksgiving
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