Your Word I have hidden in my heart . . .
Psalm 119:11
Michael Billester visited eastern Poland during the late 1930s and gave a Bible to one of the villagers while there. The villager read it, was converted, and passed the book to 200 others who were all saved because of it. When Billester returned in 1940, the group gathered for a worship service, and he suggested they all recite a few Bible verses they had memorized. A man stood up and said, "Perhaps we have misunderstood. Did you mean verses or chapters?" Billester was astonished to learn that they had memorized whole chapters of the Bible. In fact, together, the 200 villagers knew almost the entire Bible by heart.
View committing Scripture to memory to be as important as the Polish villagers did. Value its power and effectiveness in our lives as much as Jesus did when He used it to defend himself against Satan's temptations.
Remember the true purpose for memorizing Scripture—"that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil" (Ephesians 6:11)—and make it a priority to spend some time etching the Word of God on your heart and mind.
Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the Book widens and deepens with our years.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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