Book People

“Get 10 Books for .99!”  What an eye-grabber!  The fine print, however, doesn’t draw quite as much attention.  Sure, you get 10 for .99 and you GET to buy 10 at regular price over a specified period of time.  Oh yeah, what a deal!

 

At re-birth, Christians are automatically enrolled in God’s Word “book club.”  It’s true, book clubs usually have recommended reading, best seller lists, or a specific book-of-the-month.  For my birthday, I got seven new books!  I was so excited and wanted to read every one of them at once!  Reality set in a few days later when I compared my available reading time with the daily need to read God’s Word. The deficit of scriptural truth, lack of spiritual discernment, and Godly wisdom are directly linked to the amount of time a person devotes to reading and meditating on God’s Word.  Far too many Christians simply don’t have the Bible on their list of daily recommended reading.   When the Southern Kingdom of Israel (Judah) was exiled in Babylon, the scribes and priests continued to teach the books of the law and the surviving nation became known as “people of the book.”  The people returned to their homeland in 539 BC with lives centered in God’s precepts.  Without doubt, Christians should be book-people, rightly knowing and living according to Its Truth.  Evidence of Christ should be so real, the Book is written all over us!  So, what’s part of your daily recommended reading?  If God’s Word isn’t there, re-do your list and be in The Word!