I have recently finished memorizing Romans chapter 12. But, before I get into talking about where I'm going, let me take a few lines to recap where I've been...
Around the middle of 2017, our pastor was talking about discipleship and how to better get into God's Word in our daily walk. Generally speaking the 4 parts are Read, Study, Memorize, & Meditate. During the talk, he brought up how Jewish children would commit the Torah, the first 5 books of the Bible, to memory by the time they reached their mid-teen years.
I found it astounding and it got me considering the possibilities to committing that much text to memory and gaining a deeper understanding of God and His purposes. It was then God urge me to memorize the 12th chapter of Paul's letter to the Romans, with a promise of a rich reward and a deeper revelation of Him.
So, in my swift obedience, I started working on it about 3 weeks ago, more than a year after I was told to get started. Looking back, I can't even imagine where I would be if I would have just listened. He certainly kept his promise, which I plan to chronicle in another writing.
At any rate, I just finished that up yesterday and have been instrcted to commit the Gospel of John to memory. This time, I will get started immediately. Writing down my journey through this process will capture what I can about what God reveals.
If you...
- want to understand more about God & His purposes
- need to know why
- have a desire to deepen you faith
- want to improve your walk...
... then see the action point below!
Action point (or pleading; whichever way you'd like to take it): Start memorizing a chunk of scripture. And, by a chunk of scripture, I mean more than just a few lines. It takes a good handful of paragraphs to really start to get to a point where you are digging in to the character and purpose of the writer.
Don't wait to get started!
