WELCOME TO THE LAND OF MORE AND MORE, Part 7

“Receive my instruction, and not silver;
and knowledge rather than choice gold”
(Proverbs 8:10).

MORE GOLD

We’d all love a little more gold, wouldn’t we? Especially some financial gold. But the greatest gold in the world is the precious, living, vibrating, eternal word. It shows us how to live. It leads us to glory. It is the best gold we can give to our children.

Psalm 19:9, 10: “The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. MORE to be. desired are they than gold, yea, THAN MUCH FINE GOLD . . .” (Psalm 119:72, and 127)

If God’s words are truly more precious than fine gold, which we know they are, why don’t we spend more time digging into them? Why don’t we spend more time imparting these words into our children’s lives instead of all the other stuff we teach them and allow them to read and look at? Have we got our priorities straight? I see hundreds of young people graduating from home school and they hardly know anything of God’s word. They cannot even quote basic Scriptures.

We can totally rely on God’s word. 2 Peter 1:19 states: “We have also a MORE SURE word of prophecy: whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts.”

We read more Scriptures where people understood that God’s Word is MORE precious than anything else in life. Acts 17:11 tells us that the Bereans “were MORE NOBLE than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” The Scriptures are not only for Sunday but for every day of the week in our homes.

Job confessed in Job 23:12: “Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips: I have esteemed the words of his mouth MORE THAN my necessary food.” This reminds me of the Chinese believer who said, “No Bible; no breakfast.” He would not eat food for his physical body before he had eaten his spiritual food. I think that is a good habit to get into. I like to open the Word of God the first thing I do when I get up. I don’t eat breakfast until I have nourished by inner man.

The psalmist confessed in Psalm 119:99: “I have MORE understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my mediation.”

MORE INCREASE OF CHILDREN

Psalm 115:14: “The LORD shall increase you MORE AND MORE, you and your children.” Some people may not like this blessing, but this is the blessing that God loves to give. He is the God of increase and loves to in crease the numbers of His people.

MORE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

Hosea 6:6: “For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God MORE THAN burnt offerings.” God wants us to know Him, not just know about Him. To pursue God, to spend time with Him, and to search for Him in His Word pleases Him MORE THAN all the sacrifices we can make.

MORE LOVE TO GOD

Mark 12:33: “To love him with all the heart and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself is MORE THAN all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

To love God is far more to Him than all the sacrifices that we will ever make. God looks for those who will be His friend, who want a relationship with Him, who love him with all their heart. Song of Songs 1:4 reveals this relationship when she exclaims: “We will remember thy love MORE THAN wine.”

MORE LOVE TO ONE ANOTHER

It is great to see the progression of love of the Thessalonian believers towards one another. In 1 Thessalonians 3:12 Paul prays: “And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you.” Then continuing his letter to them in chapter 4:9, 10 he says: “ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another .  . . but we beseech ou, that ye increase MORE AND MORE.”

These believers responded to his exhortation and in his second letter to them he writes in 2 Thessalonians 1:3: “Your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth.”

The BSB translation says: “Your faith is growing MORE AND MORE, And your love for one another is increasing”

Does our love temperature stay much the same or are we growing MORE AND MORE in loving one another. May God help us to always be increasing in our love to God and to one another.

PRAYER:

“Dear Father, please save me from living in a rut. I long to know You more and more. I long to love your Word more and more. I want to become more and more passionate in my love to You and to others. Amen.”

AFFIRMATION: