Open The Book

The phrase empty-handed doesn't typically ring our happy-note. Sometimes we approach something with great expectations only to be sorely disappointed. Scripture tells us of a foreign queen who made an extremely long journey to see and hear the wonders of King Solomon. Her conclusion was this: "I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me." (1 Kings 10:7 ESV). Clearly, she did not leave ... empty-handed. I suggest we are given to foolishness when God's Word is left unattended, gathering dust, unopened. The psalmist writes, "Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law" (Psalm 119:18 ESV). That statement does not merely suggest there might be something of worth or value in God's Word - no! It unequivocally promises "wondrous things" to be gained. Just like the Queen of Sheba left richer and fuller, so is the promised riches of time spent with God and in His holy Word. For opened eyes ... open the Book.