Let the Mummies Dance

Let the Mummies Dance

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16

I just listened to a great message by my friend, Dr. Richard Allen Farmer on the subject of giving God your very best and being the best as you can be as a communicator of truth.

In his message he shared that he often talks out loud to himself when in his study preparing for a message. He will say, “Come on, I know you are in there … what is it that you want me to see today.”

Knowing this dear brother, I chuckled as I can visualize him doing this in his office. I can see the big smile on his face as the text takes root and comes alive.

I came across this simple outline years ago on how to see a passage come alive in our personal study of the Word. It comes from a book by Martin L. Smith, The Word is Very Near.

Here are the 8 nuggets for using the Word of God and your mind:

1.     Select a single story from the Bible before praying.

2.     Spend some moments settling down.

3.     Ask God to touch you through the passage of Scripture you have chosen.

4.     Pick up your Bible and read the passage slowly and carefully several times.
Pause between each reaching. Notice details. Ask questions.

5.     Put down your Bible. Give your imagination a free rein to bring the scene to life with you as a participant. Hear. Smell. Taste. Look. Touch.

6.     Let the drama slowly unfold.

7.     Talk to Jesus about what you are feeling. Tell him how this passage has touched you.

8.     Bring this time to a close with thanks to God and by saying the Lord’s prayer or a favorite Psalm or by singing a chorus or a verse or a hymn.

Give it a try. Maybe just maybe as you open your heart to him, the mummies will begin to dance and you will allow “the Word of God to dwell in your heart richly!” – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick

Team YOU: Exodus 7-8; Proverbs 23; Matthew 15:1-20

Motivations: Too many Christians are no longer fishers of men but keeper of the aquariums. – Paul Harvey

Practice to Remember: Level 1:Ephesians 2:8-9; Level 2: Ephesians 2:1-10

Powered Up:  All the prayers in Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together. Stephen Charnock