Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. – (Psalm 51:6 NKJV)
I was raised in Texas, and in the summertime, my mother would can peaches. My brother and I had to help by peeling the peaches and sterilizing the jars. We griped and complained. (If you have ever been to Texas in the summer, you know how hot and uncomfortable it can be!) But you better believe we never griped in the winter when my mother opened a jar of home-canned peaches. They were so wonderful.
God revealed to me that reading the Bible is like canning peaches. He said, “When you read through the Bible, sometimes it’s tedious. You feel like you’re not getting anything. But you’re canning truth! And in the wintertime of your life, I’ll take the truth you put in your heart and make it wisdom in your mind.”
As you read the Bible, you are putting truth inside you, and God can take that truth and make wisdom out of it.
You might be thinking, “Marilyn, are you saying no truth in my heart, no wisdom in my mind?” Well, you said it! The more truth you put in your heart; the more wisdom can come from the revelation of the Holy Spirit.
Dear Heavenly Father, You see the end from the beginning and You know that the more we study Your Word, the more it will help us tomorrow. Put the desire in our hearts to want the truth inside of us today.
