August bible Journaling
Gods Written Word
Week 1 Luke
4:16-20
16 And He
came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His
custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to
read. 17 And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed
to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He
anointed Me to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to
proclaim release to captives,
And recovery of
sight to the blind,
To set free those
who are oppressed,
19 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.”
20 And
He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down;
and the eyes of all the people in the synagogue were intently
directed at Him.
Jesus is reading about
Himself as the prophet Isaiah had written about Jesus many years before. Gods written word is pointing toward the
living word, Jesus.
This is the story of
Jesus holding the scrolls of Isaiah, reading these words that were written
about Himself. This scene pops open for
what would have been like to have been there and hearing His voice. The bible wasn’t in book form back then just
a collection of scrolls, even today these scrolls are prized possessions in the
Jewish Synagogue, they are hand copied, decorated and are very expensive to create,
there are elaborate files showing where the scrolls are kept.
Jesus preached His very
first sermon that day, where He said “The scripture has been fulfilled in your
hearing. Proclaiming who He was,
basically saying He came and was there to address issues, freeing their hearts,
heal the broken pieces as he still does for us today. He has removed all binders from me (MY CHAINS
ARE GONE) The living working power of Gods written word that became flesh in
Jesus coming to earth. Jesus began His
public ministry reading a scroll, holding the written word, describing the
character, compassion of the living word, which was Himself.
Week 2 John 5:36-40
Testimony
of Works
36 But the
testimony I have is greater than the testimony of John;
for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very
works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.
Testimony
of the Father
37 And the
Father who sent Me, He has testified about Me. You have neither heard His
voice at any time, nor seen His form. 38 Also you
do not have His word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom
He sent.
Testimony
of the Scripture
39 [a]You
examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life;
and it is those very Scriptures that testify about
Me; 40 and yet you are unwilling
to come to Me so that you may have life.
Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees about
the verses above, the leaders who were supposed to be leading the people. It is as Jesus is condemning them for reading
and studying the scriptures so diligently.
It is a sobering warning in the truth He speaks for us today. The Pharisees were reading the word, but not
turning to Jesus and weren’t allowing the words to point toward Him. God’s word, <don’t get stuck on the words
we are studying but, that our focus stays on the word, which is Jesus, THE
LIVING WORD.>
Through our bible journaling it builds a
personal relationship with Jesus, it becomes a help tool, hep us grow in Him,
gives us Guidance, deliverance, provider, giver, translator, wisdom when we
need it the most. When we need a
reminder of God’s word we can go back through our journaling. The same God who rescued us back then is the
same God who has the same power for us today.
Let’s all stop and think for a moment, about the people closest to us
are the people we tend to spend the most time with, those we talk to and share
with. We read about and follow a person
on social media, we know of them, and know a few things about them, but do not
know them on a personal level. Knowing
Jesus is about the relationship we have with Him, not just reading abut Him in
the bible. We must let those words point
to Him, His living word. Our study of
God’s word should {ALWAYS point to Jesus and draw closer to Him}
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