Deuteronomy 11:18-20
Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
--NKJV
In the name of the One who would have us know His word. Amen.
Yesterday we saw that God keeps us in the faith through the hearing of His word. We noted the importance of attending church. But what if we are kept from hearing God’s word? What if they are prevented from attending church due to poor health or imprisonment? God will certainly keep them in the true faith.
But how will God keep them in the true faith, if faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. He will do so by the word committed to memory. It is typical that children in catechesis complain about memorizing passages from Holy Scripture. But when God’s word is committed to memory, it goes with us everywhere, and cannot be taken from us. In effect, we become walking, talking Bibles. So, when God commands that we talk about His word, meditate on it, and teach it to our children, He is doing nothing else than ensuring that He is able to keep us in the true faith no matter what the circumstances. Amen.
Prayer:
Lord God, heavenly Father, grant that we are never kept from hearing Your word, but always have faithful ministers to preach to us. Grant also that we so faithfully meditate on Your word, talking about it frequently, that it becomes a part of us, and we are part of it; through Jesus Christ Your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
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