Welcome to Scripture Saturday!
Today we are memorizing 2 Timothy 2:15…
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
Here is the amplified version…
Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth.
There is nothing in this world that will help us more to please God than to handle carefully and correctly God’s written word…we should be looking at the written word of God just as the psalmist wrote, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a lamp to my path.” (Psalm 119:105)
While it is important to study His Word, we should not be studying to “show ourselves approved.” We are already approved in Jesus. Here, Paul is urging Timothy to be more diligent in living his life according to the Gospel.
And remember everyone, studying God’s Word is just one “ingredient to a healthy spiritual diet in God’s Word.” There are 4 things:
~ Reading the bible - just take your Bible and read through it, page by page, truth by truth.
~ Examine the bible - study. Take a passage of the bible and work through the text. Use resources to help you.
~ Apply the bible - once the Holy Spirit has shown you a truth, pray, put it in action, obey what you’ve learned.
~ Diligent - keep it up, don’t give up.
Make Bible study a major priority. Listen to what God is saying to you. As you READ also pray - talk to God - He will listen. “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” (John 15:7) Answered prayer is one of the many benefits of abiding in His Word—walking with Christ and living His Word. This is our strength as a believer!
Have a blessed and precious day everyone!