Me to Me:“Don’t be a Bible snob all your life.”
And when I say “Bible snob”, I’m not talking about using the word to reprimand people, I’m talking about using the Bible to distance ourselves from others.
When I first got saved I was on FIRE for the Lord! He was waking me up at all hours of the morning, showing me such amazing and great things in the word! Holy Spirit would teach me about any and everything that I asked him about. There were days where I would have to sit at his feet for awhile waiting to hear his voice and other days, I could hear his responses so clearly and immediately.
I grew accustomed to waking up early and spending time with Holy Spirit. I actually understood the messages at church and sometimes the Pastor would even preach on something that Holy Spirit and I had already talked about!
Needless to say, I also felt spoiled. I turned my noise up at study plans and daily devotionals. Holy Spirit was all I needed. I felt like reading studies or the footnotes in my Bible was “cheating.” I wanted Holy Spirit to teach me, not someone else.
I want to encourage you not to make the same mistake that I did. Think of study plans and daily devotionals as a supplement. The Bible will always be our main source of documentation for connecting with Christ. Everything else is there to help guide us through life.
I’m currently prepping for my second body building competition. I’m taking vitamins and protein supplements, but these things are not meant to take the place of my meals. They are there to help aid my body in staying strong and healthy. I like to think of study plans and daily devotionals the same way.
Gone are the days that I turn my noise up at things that can supplement my spiritual walk with God. Holy Spirit has even inspired me to write “Biblically Me” small group study’s and these blogs. It’s humbled me, knowing that the content that myself and so many others in the body of Christ put out is for His Kingdom. Like the Bible, our studies and devotionals were created to point you to Christ.
I also think of it as another form of fellowship. Jesus said that we would do greater works that Him and He was right. He didn’t have access to the World Wide Web, or social media or any of that! So take advantage of every study, small group, daily devotional, podcast, YouTube sermon, but most importantly every quiet moment you can have with God!
It will ALWAYS be worth it!
Amber
