The Worth of the Word

Psalm 119:72
“The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.”

Would you be willing to give up your God-given blessing of having and reading His Word if someone paid you $1 million? Of course not! What about giving up the Bible for two or three months for $1,000? Again, a real Christian would not be interested. As Christians we agree with the psalmist when he writes “The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces” (Psalm 119:72). We all nod our heads to this Scripture, but do we really believe it? Do we live it?

In reality, we sell out our opportunities to read and cherish God’s Word for a lot less than $1,000. Consider a Christian who desires to know God and, therefore, seeks to read the Bible everyday. Life gets busy and follow-through only happens on 4 days of the week. That’s 3 days per week without the Bible, which adds up to 5 months and 6 days per year, which, from college graduation to retirement, adds up to more than 18 years!

If you do an ‘average’ job of reading your Bible 4 days per week throughout your working years, you will sell out over 18 years worth of days for what? Extra sleep? That TV show you really don’t want to miss? More time at the office? Think of the days when you fail to read the Bible. Is there ever a day when you don’t spend 30+ minutes doing something at the ‘watch-the-TV’ level or less? Probably not many and the reality is that spending time with God in His Word is more important than eating (Job 23:12)! Nevertheless, we sell out the Bible for things that have no real value at all.

Let us get on our knees together and repent before the Lord for the way we have belittled the value of His most precious Word. Let us pray for the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with a passion for the Bible unlike anything we have ever imagined. Let us pray for the courage and the discipline to plan priority time each day that is centered on the Bible.