The
telescope was trained on the moon and there was a line-up of people waiting to
take a look. From the top of a mountain
in Montana, the view was spectacular!
The craters on the upper right-hand side of the moon’s surface were
especially clear and everyone was amazed at what they saw.
Several
nights later, I took the same telescope to the same location and trained it on
the same subject. However, this time
what we saw was different. This time the
craters on the lower left-hand side were the ones that were particularly
visible. The ones on the right-hand side
that we had marvelled at only a few nights before were now completely washed in
sunlight and invisible to us.
The same
object, viewed from the same spot, at approximately the same time of day
yielded two completely different, yet equally spectacular, views. Maybe that is one of the reasons why the moon
has interested people for so many years; every time you look at it, you see
something new and interesting.
That
experience with the moon is similar to what I have experienced in reading the
word of God. Every time I read a portion
of the Bible, I see something new and different. A passage that may have meant a certain thing
to me ten years ago may now teach me something new simply because my thoughts,
my circumstances and my approach to the word have changed. That is one of the reasons why it is so valuable
to keep reading the word of God. Even very familiar scriptures can yield new
truths when seen in the light of this day and the new experiences and
understandings that come with it.
Scripture
always deepens with the reader.
Why not
take your Bible off the shelf and read a little bit? You may see something you have never seen
before.
“Your word
is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path” (Psalm 119:105)
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