B-i-b-l-e

“The B-i-b-l-e, yes, that’s the book for me!

I stand alone on the Word of God, the B-i-b-l-e!”

If you grew up in the church, you’ve probably heard that song and sang it many times as a child or as a Sunday school teacher. It has a cute and fun melody and is one of the ways that taught many children how to spell the word Bible.

An unfortunate reality about this song is that the truth of it is often lost. We sing it over and over again and have fun while we are doing it, but how often do we stop and think about the simple, yet powerful words that we are singing. “I stand alone on the Word of God!” The Bible, the Word of God is where my foundation to all of life, here and throughout all eternity is built; a short sentence that is packed with hope, peace, truth, comfort and more.

Losing sight of the power of God’s word doesn’t only happen through some of the “child-like” songs that we sing, but also in some of the stories in Scripture that we often hear only in Sunday school or in Children’s sermons. Stories like, David and Goliath, Jonah and the whale, Samson, Noah and the ark and Jesus walking on the water are not supposed to be stories that stay in Sunday school lessons, rather, because as 2 Timothy 3:16-17 reminds us, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

One of the reasons that God put these and many more wonderful stories in the Bible that everyone from the youngest child to the oldest adult can understand is so that we might see that God’s truths are relevant to us all and so that we can relate to God’s had working throughout history. He did this in the ultimate way when he sent Jesus to the earth to be born, live and die in human form, but we must never lose sight of the reality that these other stories are filled with men and women who are just like you and me who had to rely on God for every breath and to lead and guide us though every circumstance.

Take some time this year and re-read some of your favorite “Children’s bible stories”. Dig deep, look intently and see how God is reaching through their stories out to you, offering you the same grace, guidance, love, peace and future that each of these real men and women experienced. God is so good to put these stories here for us to see and remember that as the song says, “It is no secret, what God can do. What He’s done for others, he’ll do for you!” Enjoy digging through Scripture again with “Child-like” expectation.