I know I shouldn't be this way, but there are days when I'm reading the Scriptures and I just wish I could take somebody to them, point to some appropriate verse, and say, "See! That's talkin' about you, right there in the Bible! Straighten up!"
There's hardly a day that goes by that some verse, especially a Proverb, doesn't just leap to my lips at any given moment in reference to some person or happenstance. I find the Bible highly applicable, especially to the lives of other people.
It's so easy sometimes to hear the Word or to read the Word, and think to myself, "Wow, I wish so-and-so would read this. It would probably help them." Or even, "This would make a good sermon for someone to hear."
But the Bible is not just for other people. In fact, it's not really for other people at all when it's in my hands, being read by my eyes and understood by my brain. The Bible is just for me. Truly, there's never a time that I read it that I don't see myself in its pages. Sometimes it's in the good stuff, where God is praising and blessing people because of their uprightness and integrity. A lot of times, it's in the not so good stuff, where God is so not impressed with my personality. That's when I want to shut the book and go watch The View; at least Whoopi and Barbara don't single me out, and I can always change the channel if I don't like what they're saying.
I said, That's when I want to shut the book. But I don't. I keep reading. And as I read, I pray, "God, make me more like those words. In fact, make me more like THE WORD." And the Word strips away all the things that don't belong. Unfortunately, I have a lot of layers to get through. So I keep reading the Word of God.
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it,
but knowledge is easy to him who understands.
Lord, let me understand.
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