I Love It Cover to Cover, Don't You?

I can recall very few days in my life when I haven't read God's Word. 

• I love it cover to cover, don't you?

When I read the book of Genesis, 

• I discover the Maker of the universe, 
• the roots of my history, 
• and the basis for all my relationships.

In Exodus, 

• I begin to understand the wonder of redemption.

When I read the books of the Law, 

• I begin to see what God is like in His moral character and 
• what He expects of me in morality and ethics.

When I read Joshua and Judges and the historical books of the Old Testament, 

• I learn about the providence of a God 
• who was forging a nation as a channel 
• through which His redemption would touch the world with a coming Messiah.

When I read the book of Job, 

• I know how to respond to sorrow.

When I read the book of Psalms, 

• I learn how to worship.

When I read Proverbs, 

• I know how to control my tongue and my temper.

When I read Isaiah, 

• I see a Suffering Savior, 
• who tells me how to mount up with wings as eagles, 
• how to walk and not grow weary, 
• and how to run and not be faint.

When I come to the Gospels, 

• I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene, 
• and I ask in wonderment, "What manner of man is this that even the winds and the waves obey Him?"  
• When I stand at the foot of Calvary, I see my sin and my Savior. 
• Then I turn the page, and I'm in resurrection garden at the moment Christ bursts from the tomb, saying, "Because I live, you will live also."

Coming to the book of Acts, 

• I'm caught up in the adventure of taking the gospel to the globe,
• and I find passion and purpose for life.

I proceed to Romans 

• and learn what it means to be justified by grace through faith alone, 
• and on to Ephesians where I study a catalog of my riches in Christ,
• and on to Philippians where I can rejoice in the Lord always.

The letters of John 

• give me a new commandment but it's still the old one - to love God and others.

Jude 

• tells me to contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints.

When I come to the final book of the Bible, 

• I have a panorama of God's revelation of the future, 
• and I end my journey in the New Heavens and the New Earth.

Coming to the last promise of the Bible, 

• I hear Him say, "I am coming quickly."  

And before closing the covers, 

• I echo the last prayer of the Bible: "Even so, come Lord Jesus."

This book 

• is a lamp unto our feet and 
• a light unto our pathway, and 
• we love it dearly because we love its Author.

Adapted Excerpt From The Strength You Need by Robert J. Morgan