Monday, November 3, 2008

Abide: His word

3. To abide, you have to know what Jesus says. His words also abide in you.

Psalm 119:11 (New International Version)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.

The more I study, the clearer it becomes the less I know. You know? As I read what Jesus says about abiding, it's clear to me that one of my problems is not knowing His words well enough. In John 15, Jesus says that I should abide in him and his words in me. I have the kind of memory that will sometimes allow me to get the broad idea, but not the word-for-word...and that's probably not so good either. And any test better be on the New Testament because the OT can get a little fuzzy. So, uh, here's a sticking point...I see something to change and it's pretty clear on where I need to go...more words, more OT words, more study period.

So, now what am I going to do about it?