How is your soul today? Downcast? Reveling in self-pity? Or even dead? I have answer for you. It’s God’s living Word.
Psalm 19:7 says: “The law of the LORD is perfect converting the soul.” Other translations say either:
“RESTORING the soul.”
“REFRESHING the soul,”
“REVIVING the soul,” or
“RENEWING the soul.”
I love Knox translation which says: “. . . it BRINGS THE SOUL BACK TO LIFE.”
Don’t you love that? Does your soul need to come back to life? Get back into God’s Word. You cannot expect to keep your soul alive when you don’t feed from it.
“But I don’t seem to get time to read the Bible,” you answer. I know it’s not easy when you have little ones around you. When my children were little, I used to keep a Bible beside the toilet, one on my windowsill in the kitchen where I was doing dishes and preparing meals, and one in the place where I nursed the baby. There are many moments when you can receive life and sustenance if you make them happen. Open your Bible to the Psalms or Proverbs where it is easy to read a few verses in context.
It’s the same message for our children. We would not dream of starving their bodies. We faithfully feed them three meals a day, and often in-between. And yet we let their souls and spirits starve! Make sure you gather together as a family morning and evening to read God’s Word together. You’ve got to keep their souls and spirits alive too.
Blessings to you home today,
Nancy Campbell