Gipsy Smith told of a man who said he had received no inspiration from the Bible although he had “gone through it several times.”
“Let it go through you once,” replied Smith, “Then you will tell a different story!”
The problem is never the Word of God, but the problem is, many times, the preconceived ideas of the one reading it.
Mark 4:5-6
Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.
The Explanation:
Mark 4:16-17
These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble.
Read the Scriptures with anticipation. God’s desire is to communicate with you.
Give it some thought.
Gary