RECEIVE WITH MEEKNESS THE IMPLANTED WORD (James 1:21)
It is all too possible to read the Bible without letting it speak to us. We can study it in an academic way without being affected by it. Our pride, hardness, and sin make us unreceptive and unresponsive. Only those with submissive, humble spirits can expect to derive the maximum benefit from the Scriptures. "The humble He guides in justice and the humble He teaches His way" (Psalm 25:9). "But on this one I will look: on him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word" (Isaiah 66:2).
It is all too possible to read the Bible without letting it speak to us. We can study it in an academic way without being affected by it. Our pride, hardness, and sin make us unreceptive and unresponsive. Only those with submissive, humble spirits can expect to derive the maximum benefit from the Scriptures. "The humble He guides in justice and the humble He teaches His way" (Psalm 25:9). "But on this one I will look: on him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word" (Isaiah 66:2).
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