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The Bible Way
If the Bible had not been given us, we
should not always know the way Jesus walked. But He has
given us His Word. The way of the Bible is the way of
Christ, and is therefore the true path of life. O pilgrim
to the heavenly kingdom, the Word of God will be a lamp
unto thy feet and a light unto thy way. It will lighten
you home. There will never be a day so dark but the beams
of light from the blessed Bible will pierce through the
darkness and fall with a bright radiance upon your
pathway. If sometimes you can not see just where Jesus
stepped, take the precious Book of God, and it will be a
lamp to show you the way He trod. One wintry morning a
father went a long distance through the deep snow to feed
his sheep. A few hours later a little boy was sent to call
his father home. The child was carefully stepping in the
footprints before him, but soon a dark cloud arose and the
blinding snow storm so dimmed his eye that he
frequently stepped aside. In the beautiful, clear light of
the Bible we can see all the way that Jesus trod. If we
will walk according to the Bible, we shall walk as Jesus
walked and not show a double track. Make the blessed Word
of God your guide if you would walk aright the path of
life and be happy.
"And often for your comfort you
will read the Guide and Chart:
It has wisdom for the mind and sweet solace for the heart;
It will serve you as a mentor; it will guide you sure and
straight
All the time that you will journey, be the ending soon or
late."
"The Scriptures are given by
inspiration of God and are profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
that the man of God may be perfect." 2 Tim. 3:16. If
by faith we receive into our hearts the instruction in
righteousness as given by the Scriptures, it will make us
perfect in this life. O reader, if you would know how to
live, study the Bible. It points out the way clearly and
plainly. Let its truths in all their power reach to the
depth of thy heart. Let thy soul seize upon he Bible and
drink its strength and sweetness as the bee sips the
sweetness from the flower. As the animal eats the plant
and by assimilation converts it into animal life, so eat
the Book of God and convert it into human life. It is the
food of angels. But rather than its being the Bible
converted into human life, it is the human life
transformed into the purity of the Bible. There are great
depths to the Bible. The simplest text contains depth to
which we can ever be descending.
They who would live a perfect life
must set the life of Christ before them as portrayed by
the Holy Scriptures. You can not see much of this perfect
life by a passing glance. It is he who looks into the
perfect law of liberty and continues to look that will see
the perfect life which it pictures. The artist must look
long at the landscape and get it imaged upon his soul
before he can produce it upon canvas. The Bible
description of the life of Christ must fill your soul with
admiration and with a strong desire to possess it. Your
heart must lay hold upon it until that life is focused and
printed upon your own soul. It is like the art of
photography. The object must be set before the heart.
The Bible is the light that shines
that image of Christ upon the soul. For the pure in heart
to develop into higher spiritual life, they must gain such
an admiration for the beauty of Christ that they will long
to possess him in greater fullness. The pleading of the
heart will be, "Lord, let thy beauty be upon
us." Their souls will follow hard after His
perfections. In no other way will the soul unfold and
develop into the higher Christian life. He who has not
learned how to grow in grace has not yet learned how to
live. To live life in the best possible manner is to be
making constant progress. Oh, let us give this world our
best life! When we are nearing the end of the way and
life's sun is sinking low, if on looking back we can see
nothing but a life spent in the service of God walking in
the light of His Word, this will afford us untold
satisfaction.
O blessed Word of eternal life,
The lamp to guide the way
Through this weary world of sin and strife
To heaven's perfect day!
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