Exodus 27:20-28:14; Psalm 73:1-28; Acts 15:36-16:15
These words…shall be in thine heart… bind them for a sign upon thine hand… as frontlets between thine eyes. Deuteronomy 6:6, 8
Israelites bound pouches containing specific portions of God’s Word to their foreheads and hands, literally indicating that His words of wisdom were at the forefront of every thought and that His words would strengthen their hands for the day’s labour. Our mouth is not only for food, but for the spiritual nutrition of His sustaining Word (Matt. 4:4). Bound to our fingers, His words help us manipulate life’s complexities (Prov. 7:3); and at our feet they illuminate our walk (Ps. 119:105). The Scriptures should be no empty word for us, but our very life (Deut. 32:46). A daily read is a
must! —David J. Reed
Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life;
Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life. —Philip Bliss