Psalm 119:37 Turn away my eyes from seeing vanity; in Your way give me life.
The most difficult part of bible study is applying, what you have discovered, in your daily life. Too many people read the bible, think about what they have read for a few seconds, pray, close the bible and carry on with their life in the exact same way as before. The bible study remains an intellectual pursuit not applied in real life. You may well wonder why?
The reason can be any, or all, of the following:
1. It may require too much thinking of you. To be able to apply what you have read and studied, often requires you to ponder and meditate on it for quite a bit. It usually takes time for any of us to really understand what it is that God, through the Holy Spirit, is saying to us. We have to, prayerfully, think about it. Sometimes we have to dig deep into a piece of scripture that may appear very old fashioned to us. We have to learn to look beyond the cultural differences to discover what it is God wants to teach us. This takes time and concentration, something we have very little of in our modern, busy, lives. Read more…
