2/5/10 Mark 12
Understanding the Scriptures
(Mk 12:24)24Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not understand the Scriptures or the power of God?
Hopefully, we are each learning the scriptures as we faithfully read them each and every day. I have read the scriptures over and over, and I still discover things that I had not seen or have seen and have forgotten. My understanding of the scriptures grows the more I read and study the scriptures. Our first challenge is to read and listen to the scriptures so that we may know what they say, but just knowing the scriptures is not enough. There are many that know the scriptures yet fail to live by them. We must labor to understand the scriptures, but the scriptures themselves will not be understood properly or adequately apart from the Holy Spirit. (1 Corinthians 2:12-16)
As I observed yesterday the power of faith is not found in ourselves, but rather in God. When we know the scriptures, then understand the scriptures, then our faith grows. As our faith grows we are increasingly aware of the power of God.
Prayer: Father, I pray that the Spirit will teach me the meaning of the scriptures, so that I will have a mind like Christ, trusting your unlimited power and not human wisdom. Amen.