Worn Out

Worn Out

January 3

Read: Psalm 119:65 – 72

You have dealt well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word. – Psalm 119:65

The Bible In One Year:

Genesis 6 - 9

I’ll always remember the Bible teacher who help up his well-worn Bible and said, “Every believer should wreck a copy of the Bible every 10 years.” In other words, we should use our Bibles so much that they gradually wear out. His challenge also reminds me of the saying: “A Bible that’s falling apart is usually owned by someone who isn’t!” This certainly became true for me.

I’m not proud of the years when my Bible was considerable under-used. During that time, I was falling apart used my condition as a means of whetting my appetite for His Word.

One day I sensed that God was reminding me that His Word is full of truth that works. From that point on, I desired to put those truths into action my life. For me, the Bible was no longer just a guilt producer and a dust collector. Little by little, as I read it, digested it, and underlined key phrases, my Bible began falling apart instead of me!

In the margin of many pages in D.L. Moody’s Bible, he wrote the letter T and P, meaning “Tried and Proved.” He had put into practice passages from God’s Word, proving that they work. You too can try and prove God’s wonder-working Word. – Joanie Yoder

My Bible – worn from years of fingered use,

Penciled margins, verses underlined,

With edges frayed and many pages loose –

Show where God impressed my hearth and mind – F. Hess

The Bible is meant to be bread for daily use,

Not cake for special occasions.