The Word in My Heart!

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Moses said:  People of Israel, after you capture the land the Lord your God is giving you, and after you settle on it, you will say, “We want a king, just like the nations around us.”

Go ahead and appoint a king, but make sure that he is an Israelite and that he is the one the Lord has chosen.

The king should not have many horses, especially those from Egypt. The Lord has said never to go back there again.

And the king must not have a lot of wives—they might tempt him to be unfaithful to the Lord. Finally, the king must not try to get huge amounts of silver and gold.

The official copy of God’s laws will be kept by the priests of the Levi tribe. So, as soon as anyone becomes king, he must go to the priests and write out a copy of these laws while they watch. Each day the king must read and obey these laws, so that he will learn to worship the Lord with fear and trembling and not think that he’s better than everyone else. If the king completely obeys the Lord’s commands, he and his descendants will rule Israel for many years.

Deuteronomy 17:14-20

I once met a lady who was writing her own handwritten copy of the Bible.  It seems like a rather daunting task, but she decided to do it based on this scripture in Deuteronomy 17.
I have never written even an entire book of the Bible by hand, but I have found that when I write a chapter by hand, not on the computer, I see things that are easy to overlook otherwise.

If you want to study a chapter of the Bible, you might want to try writing it by hand first before you go to the commentaries for other insight.

But the real question for all of us is this:  How do we write the Word of God on our hearts and minds?  Until the Bible is written on your heart it is only available when you remember to bring the book.  But when scripture is inscribed on your heart and mind you can read it anywhere and at anytime.  The answer is simple.  Read the Bible early and often.  Memorize the Word and obey the Word so that you act out in your life everything it says.

Having the best book in the world on skiing does not make you great on the slopes.  And having a wonderful library of Bibles and commentaries does not make you a Christian.  It is only when the finger of God writes His Word on the tablet of your heart that you are changed into the likeness of Jesus. 

“Lord take my heart and mind today and write Your Word and Your Will on them both.”