Proverbs 7:2-3 KJV
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
The Scriptures attaches the Word of God to three parts of the human body (or rather encourages us to attach it to them);
The apple of thine eye
The apple, they say, is the pupil. We are to keep God's law as we would keep the apple of our eye. They say that our quickest reactions take place as we protect our eyes. The fastest motions in the human body and the most delicate part of our body, therefore the part we are most prone to protect are the eyes.
But more precious that our eyes is the Word of God. The diligence with which we receive it and the care with which we should protect the Word of God should be the highest priority for us. Nothing is more valuable to the believer than is the Word of God.
Thy fingers
We are to bind the Word of God upon our fingers. The first thing that came to my mind was that we write the Word of God out personally. We learn most when we engage several of our senses at the same time. If we see the Word of God, speak the Word of God and write out the Word of God it becomes more bound into our lives.
The table of thine heartThe heart is, in the Biblical language, not so much the seat of our affections as it is our thoughts. "as he thinketh in his heart, so is he"The Word of God must be written upon our hearts so that it can never be taken from us. One day the Word of God in its paper and ink form, may become scarce and hard to come by. It has been in days gone by. But the Word of God, kept as the apple of the eye, bound upon our fingers and written upon our hearts can never be stolen from us.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
The Scriptures attaches the Word of God to three parts of the human body (or rather encourages us to attach it to them);
The apple of thine eye
The apple, they say, is the pupil. We are to keep God's law as we would keep the apple of our eye. They say that our quickest reactions take place as we protect our eyes. The fastest motions in the human body and the most delicate part of our body, therefore the part we are most prone to protect are the eyes.
But more precious that our eyes is the Word of God. The diligence with which we receive it and the care with which we should protect the Word of God should be the highest priority for us. Nothing is more valuable to the believer than is the Word of God.
Thy fingers
We are to bind the Word of God upon our fingers. The first thing that came to my mind was that we write the Word of God out personally. We learn most when we engage several of our senses at the same time. If we see the Word of God, speak the Word of God and write out the Word of God it becomes more bound into our lives.
The table of thine heartThe heart is, in the Biblical language, not so much the seat of our affections as it is our thoughts. "as he thinketh in his heart, so is he"The Word of God must be written upon our hearts so that it can never be taken from us. One day the Word of God in its paper and ink form, may become scarce and hard to come by. It has been in days gone by. But the Word of God, kept as the apple of the eye, bound upon our fingers and written upon our hearts can never be stolen from us.
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