{"id":11768,"date":"2016-02-26T01:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T09:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/?p=11768"},"modified":"2016-03-15T11:23:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T18:23:00","slug":"a-new-busy-mamas-bible-study-is-about-the-begin-psalm-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/26\/a-new-busy-mamas-bible-study-is-about-the-begin-psalm-22\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Busy Mamas Bible Study Is About to Begin! Psalm 22!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"study-psalm-22-busy-mamas-bible-study\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Studying the Bible is a little bit like having a savings account.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A savings account is there so we have the resources ready when a need arises. Every month we put a little more money in the account. It accumulates. It\u2019s there, ready to use.<\/p>\n

The car\u2019s brakes go out? There\u2019s money in the bank to fix them. A trip to the emergency room? The money is there, ready to pay the bill.<\/p>\n

If we are reading our Bibles and thinking about what we\u2019re reading, we\u2019re making deposits into a different kind of savings account. Little by little, verse by verse, we\u2019re building up wisdom, learning to trust in God\u2019s promises and rest in His sovereign control of all things.<\/p>\n

When the inevitable trials of life come, there\u2019s \u201cmoney in the bank.\u201d We\u2019re stronger, ready to trust God, better prepared to respond in a godly manner.<\/p>\n

A friend gossips behind our back? We know what God says about forgiveness. Our husband gets laid off at work? We\u2019ve already considered the ravens that God feeds, the lilies that He clothes. The doctor says the word \u201ccancer\u201d? We remember, and keep telling ourselves, that our lives are in His hands, and that His grace is sufficient in our weakness.<\/p>\n

The Word of God, brought to life in our souls by the Holy Spirit, needs to be in our hearts, a rich treasure of wisdom, ready to draw on at a moment\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s often difficult to make those deposits.<\/strong> It\u2019s hard to find time when we\u2019re on duty 24\/7. And when we finally do sit down, we don\u2019t always know what to do or understand what we are reading.<\/p>\n