What is your favorite verse?
A couple weeks ago I was in a men's room at TBS trying to escape from the bustle and read my Bible. A guy asked me what I was reading. I'd seen him around, he was one that lived on the wilder side of life. "The Bible," I said.
"No, I mean, what are you reading? Where are you reading?"
I was reading from the gospel of John.
"What's your favorite verse in the Bible?"
I wasn't prepared for that one. I didn't think I had one. I stumbled around trying to remember and quote a strong verse with a clear gospel message. I didn't find one in time. He had a favorite, though. Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through him who strengthens me."
I've never had a favorite verse. I'm not interested in having my oppressors caught in their own snares, I don't have any aspirations of running without growing tired or soaring like an eagle; I don't know what it means to get everything I ask for or "do all things"--I don't even get that excited about unconquerable, conquering love (Romans 8:37-39).
I do like one thing, though. Peace. If you read the other stuff I've written in this blog I think you'll see why. I wrote a post a while back where I talk about how almost all the epistles in the New Testament greet their audiences with "grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." My chapel testimony quotes from Romans 5, "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God."
I like that.
Here's another one:
"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;
and he who has no money, come, buy and eat!
Coime, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David." -Isaiah 55:1-3
I didn't mean, of course, that I care nothing for all the other promises of Scripture, only that these ones strike a chord in me. What are your favorite Scriptures?
"No, I mean, what are you reading? Where are you reading?"
I was reading from the gospel of John.
"What's your favorite verse in the Bible?"
I wasn't prepared for that one. I didn't think I had one. I stumbled around trying to remember and quote a strong verse with a clear gospel message. I didn't find one in time. He had a favorite, though. Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through him who strengthens me."
I've never had a favorite verse. I'm not interested in having my oppressors caught in their own snares, I don't have any aspirations of running without growing tired or soaring like an eagle; I don't know what it means to get everything I ask for or "do all things"--I don't even get that excited about unconquerable, conquering love (Romans 8:37-39).
I do like one thing, though. Peace. If you read the other stuff I've written in this blog I think you'll see why. I wrote a post a while back where I talk about how almost all the epistles in the New Testament greet their audiences with "grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." My chapel testimony quotes from Romans 5, "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God."
I like that.
Here's another one:
"Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;
and he who has no money, come, buy and eat!
Coime, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David." -Isaiah 55:1-3
I didn't mean, of course, that I care nothing for all the other promises of Scripture, only that these ones strike a chord in me. What are your favorite Scriptures?
posted by Motokeb at 9:11 AM
2 Comments:
Wow! Four posts in one day! You must be making up for lost time =)
Thanks for the encouraging blog... I like your posts.
I do have a favorite verse (ok, I actually have several)... top on the list is Proverbs 3:5&6. Trusting others (even God) does not come easy for me and so I need to be reminded daily. =/
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