Fellowship with God in the Word

Here is another excerpt from Andrew Murray's With Christ in the School of Prayer.

God, however, is the infinite Being in Whom everything is life, power, spirit, and truth, in the very deepest meaning of the words. When God reveals Himself in His words, He does indeed give Himself -- His love and His life, His will and His power-- to those who receive these words, in a reality passing comprehension. In every promise, He gives us the power to grasp and possess Himself. In every command, He allows us to share His will, His holiness, and His perfection. God's Word gives us God himself. That Word is nothing less than the Eternal Son, Christ Jesus. Therefore, all of Christ's words are God's words, full of a Divine, quickening life and power. "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life."

So often, we forsake the communion with Christ offered in the Word of God for nothing more than useless distractions of the world. God has provided His revelation to us and we sit around and do nothing with it. Next time you read your Bible, seek to communion with Christ. You will find that nothing is as joyful as time spent with your Savior.