This is the Truth Network. How is your command of Scripture? If it truly is the Word of Life, if it truly is God's instruction book for us, if it truly truly points us to Jesus, are you in the Word? Are you growing in the Word? Is the word of Christ dwelling in you richly?
My mom Nancy Epperson has been memorizing, studying, quoting the Scripture for many years. Mom, you're with us right now, and you have a special Psalm to share with us. It's not a long one, but it's such a good one. Set it up for us, will you? Psalm eight before you quote it.
Hey, Psalm eight. It's very precious because it's so worshipful, and and many times I just. When I look at God's creation, or when I'm thinking of His blessings, Psalm 8 comes to my mind, and I just love it. O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth! Who has set Thy glory above the heavens?
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength, because of Thine enemies, that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained. What is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands.
Thou hast put all things under his feet: all sheep and oxen, yea, the beasts of the field, the fowl of the air, the fish of the seas, and whatsoever passes through the paths of the seas. O Lord. Our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth, Psalm eight. Mom, thank you for sharing that. The Word of God is so important, and it's at the very soul level.
Mom, talk real. Would you real briefly about why it's so important that every believer gets in the Word, and the Word gets in us?
Well, there's so many reasons, but one verse comes on my mind from Philippians 4 is whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report. If there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. And so it's so important that we think on all these wonderful things, and that's why we want to think on the Word of God, because the Word of God is God's wisdom, and we're drawing closer to God, and the mind of God as we fill our hearts with His Word. And it will impact the way you think, and it will impact your speech, because out of the abundance of the heart, the Bible says, the mouth speaks.
So, what goes into your heart is what comes out of your mouth, and that's another of the many reasons we should hide God's word in our hearts.
