Read Through The Bible

When one begins to consider the book of Revelation, several temptations stand in the way.  One is to be so afraid of not being able to understand the book that a person avoids the book.  Others are so fascinated with the book that they seldom consider the other 65 books of the Word of God.  Fascination abounds and sometimes runs wild when approaching this book.  My goal is to help us to understand the purpose of Revelation both for the original recipients and for us today.  The major purpose of Revelation is one of encouragement.  What greater encouragement is there than to know that our Almighty Lord reigns? (Rev. 19:6) 

We will begin reading Revelation together in just a few days.  For a Scripture reading today, I want you to go back to Psalm 119 for a wonderful reminder as to why we are reading God’s Word.  It is a long Psalm, so read half today and read half tomorrow.  As we come to the end of what has really been a year long journey through the Scriptures, I hope that you do not think of our trip as being complete.  My maternal grandmother read through the Bible every year for over 50 years.  I hope that you will continue to read every day from God’s Word.  I pray that you will be more consistent than ever in participating in some form of ongoing Bible Study class.  Most of all, I hope that reading through the Bible this year has given you a greater appreciation and understanding for God’s Word.

If I could encourage Christians to do one thing it would be to read the Bible daily.  So I am again this year encouraging members of First Baptist Lafayette to read through the Bible in a year.  I would also encourage those of you reading this to do the same.  When we did this in 2006 I taught a lesson each Wednesday evening from that week’s reading.  This time I would like to change the approach and instead write a daily devotional from that day’s reading.  I hope that this brief thought will help you in your understanding and application of the scripture passage.

So return to this blog beginning January 1st as together we Read Through The Bible.  If you would like to have this devotional delivered to you each morning, click the RSS link at the bottom of this page.