Key Bible Verse: I rejoice in your word like one who finds a great treasure (Psalm 119:162). Bonus Reading: 1 Peter 2:2; 2 Peter 3:15-16

Launching into my treasure-hunting hobby, I bought my first metal detector. The salesman gave me two pieces of advice. Once I found something buried, he told me, before filling in the hole, I should always scan the hole again. Where there was one coin, there'd often be others. And secondly, he told me, never believe that a place has been "hunted out," meaning that all the treasure has been taken. "For the patient hunter," he said, "there'll likely be another treasure waiting."

I soon proved him right. I'd been told the site of a home built in the late 1700s was hunted out. I obtained permission to hunt the property. I started scanning early one morning, and hunted for six hours without finding a thing. But just as I was ready to give up, I started getting signals—one right after the other. I dug out so many coins that they filled both of my pants pockets. One was an 1865 three-cent piece, worth about $70.

In the same way, new Christians desiring the milk of the Word can sweep over the Scriptures and find a host of marvelous treasures. And veteran students of the Bible can be sure that, no matter how much we dig, it will never be hunted out.

—Van Morris in PreachingToday.com

My Response: What very familiar parts of Scripture should I revisit?

Thought to Apply: If you want to grow in the Word of God, become a person with a chisel and quarry the Word—look, explore, seek.—MAX LUCADO (Texas pastor & writer)

Adapted from PreachingToday.com (12/05/05) by permission.

Prayer for the Week

Lord, give me a fresh grasp of Your truth as I open myself to Your Word.

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