"Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law."
(Psalm 119:18)
Many people today do not think that they have time to read the Old Testament. They feel that most of the Old Testament is irrelevant for today. If they have time to read the Bible they want to spend time reading what is relevant to life today, so they read the New Testament.
However, I believe that the Old Testament has much to say to us today. God's Word is active and alive and that includes the entire Bible. Though we are not bound by the Law, or saved by the Law, or kept by the Law, yet the Law still tells us how we should live. Jesus said that He had not come to destroy the law but to fulfil it.
There are many glorious truths that are taught in the Old Testament. We need to pray that God will open our eyes so that we may see the wonderful things that God has for us in His Law. I know many people who omit the book of Leviticus in their reading because they do not see that it has anything to us today. Leviticus has much to say about relationships and we would do well to read it with eyes that have been opened by God the Holy Spirit.
Whatever part of the Bible we read we should take time to pray before we open the Word that God would open our eyes so that we would see the wonderful things that He has for us in His Law.
1 comment:
very true... yet we need our spiritual eyes opened in order to understand any spiritual truth (Eph. 1:18), whether it's from the Old or New Testament. I wonder how deep and rich our knowledge of God would be if we were to pray this prayer more...
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