The AUTHOR

I have always wondered how my brothers and sisters could love God with their heart and soul, especially when He is someone that you cannot see, touch or feel, unlike you and I.  But praise be unto God, for He revealed Himself to me one night as I spent my usual time with Him.  And this is what I would like to share with you.

Recently, I attended a talk on ‘How to develop a relationship with God’ by a Scripture Union speaker.  He gave some good pointers about how to spend time with the Lord.  Through this I realized that I have been doing some things the wrong way.  For instance, not starting my quiet time with just a simple prayer like “Lord, here is my bible, here is the quiet room, here is the quiet time and here am I.  Open my mind, open my eyes, open my heart and speak to me”.  And I tend to forget what I read the night before.

Without hesitation, I put into practice what I’d learned from the seminar.  As usual, I would spend my time with the Lord at 10:00pm.  I flipped to the book of Mark and started reading from the first chapter.  As some of you know, I love reading books.  If I really liked a book, I would stay awake the whole night just to finish the book.  Then, I would fall in love with the author of the book, even though I have never seen the author before.  And this is what exactly happened to me.  As I started reading Mark’s Gospel, I found that it was so interesting that I could not put the book down.  Before the end of chapter two, I could not help but turn to the cover to see who the author of this great book is.  Only then did I realize that the book that I’m reading is the Bible and the author is the Almighty God Himself.  In this moment of quiet time, God revealed to me that He is the Greatest Author of the universe.  It is through the Bible that He reveals Himself to us.  The more you read His word, the more you will know Him as your Lord, Saviour and Friend.  And the more you will fall in love with Him.  I praise the Lord for He has cleared the doubt in my heart, and now I know how to love Him more each day – by reading His word.  Amen!

 

(From June 1996 Family Focus)