Today’s Scripture: Proverbs 4:1

“Be attentive, that you may gain insight.”

We need to approach the Scriptures with an attitude of mental discipline. We need both discipline and dependence in the pursuit of holiness, and the same is true in our study of the Scriptures.

There are many Bible study methods and approaches, but common to all of them is an attitude of dependent diligence that’s well expressed in Proverbs 2:1-5: “If you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.” The thought of searching the Scriptures with the same intensity that one would search for hidden treasures suggests the value we should place on Scripture’s teaching. We see this value expressed also in Proverbs 7:2: “keep my teaching as the apple of your eye.”

We also see in Proverbs 2:1 that there must be a spirit of humility in approaching Scripture, as expressed by the opening phrase “if you receive my words.” This attitude is in contrast with the attitude of the foolish, who “would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof” (Proverbs 1:30).

The question we must ask ourselves is this: What value do we place upon the Word of God? Do we search it as if we were seeking for hidden treasures, or do we read it and study it only because we know it is something we should do?

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