DAILY READINGS: Joshua 7; Isaiah 3-4; Luke 22:31-53
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psalms 119:11
There are three important things in this text. First there is an important possession—God’s Word. Then there is an important place where we are to hide the Word—our heart. Finally there is an important purpose to this activity—to keep from sinning. Someone has anonymously and correctly stated, “The best book in the world is the Bible. The best place to put it is in the heart. The best reason for putting it there is that it saves us from sinning against God.” By way of further emphasis D. L. Moody said: “Sin will keep you from the Book, but the Book will keep you from sin.” —W. Ross Rainey
Thy Word is a lamp to my feet, a light to my path alway,
To guide and to save me from sin, and show me the heav’nly way.—H. O. Selfers