What's Up?

 

     Studying the Bible can lead to some interesting things.  For instance, some words can mean the opposite such as the word "cleave."  It can mean to separate or it can mean to bring together.  Even the small words sometimes have interesting meanings.  What about the word, "up?"  One quote goes on to say about this little word,   "To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.  If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more."  Psalm 119:9-11 says, "Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.  With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.  Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee." 

    

         God's Word, a term we quite often use to denote the Bible, is a collection of words.  They are, for the most part, simple words whose structure make the thoughts of God relevant to us.  Children can understand what the Bible says, and very often, easier and better than some adults.  There was a simple song that said, "Faith is just believing, what God said is true."  I have gotten just a little excited by the prepositions that are mentioned in the Book of Ephesians.  Such phrases as "by Christ," "in Christ,"  "with Christ" and so on, go to show our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.  How wonderful it is to realize that we can be "in" Christ.  Ephesians 2:6 says, "And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:"  The verses for today remind us that God's Word is important for us in order to do what we ought to do in our Christian life.  While we won't end up being perfect while we are living upon this earth, we are still able to be under the conviction of the Holy Spirit as the Word of God reminds us, indeed commands us, to walk according to His ways.  In fact, Psalm 119 has 176 verses and all but five of those verses speak about our relationship with the Word of God in one way or another.  So, what's up in your life today?  Praise God for His letter to us.