Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
Is your soul famished for spiritual nourishment? If you are a modern person, the answer is very likely Yes, for you are extremely busy (aren't the credit card payments due next week??). Sometimes even when we go to church we leave as hungry as we entered.
One evening when we had our family worship, it was late and we were tired. Instead of going to the trouble to fetch the inspired Book, we read from a good Christian book nearby that sincere as the author was, is not inspired. We tried to sleep, couldn't; fears began to oppress. We had eaten some "straw." What a contrast when later we did fetch the inspired Book and read from it; encouragement, hope, confidence, were strengthened.
The naked Bible, free of commentators' insertions, is still the greatest Source of food for your soul. Its literary form is a masterpiece of terse language--not a wasted word. Read it reverently, unhurriedly; as surely as day follows night, you will sense an ingestion of spiritual nourishment. It will be the Holy Spirit speaking to you in a language you will recognize. A wise writer has said that in thus reading the Bible, we "hold converse with the noblest and best of the human race."
You may try to pray to myriads of "saints" who will supposedly "intercede" with God and persuade Him to be nice to you, but there is a better way. In reading the Bible itself you may "converse" with Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Jeremiah, and David, through their messages recorded there. Thus your heart will be strengthened and encouraged to pray to the great High Priest Himself directly, because you will be reassured that "this man receiveth sinners" (Luke 15:2).
Choose the version of the Bible that for you is most readable. Enjoy a nourishing square meal!
--Robert J. Wieland
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: January 7, 1999.
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