not a futile thing....

Deuteronomy 32:46-47
“Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe—all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess.”

reading the Bible can get dry at times (especially when grinding through the books of the law). Scripture can get too familiar and feel redundant or routine. But regardless of how we feel about Scripture and our study of it - it is not futile. Even when our attitudes toward our time in God's Word are off, His Word is not without effect (Heb 4:12). I'm certain that the routine of reading this whole book of the law multiple times each month became cumbersome for Israel (Deut. 31:9-13). But in hearing and doing the Words written here - there is LIFE. And doing does not come without hearing... repeatedly - because we are a stubborn, forgetful, selfish people prone to wander away from His Truth. Futility is what becomes of a life not focused constantly on the Word of God. So when this Word seems routine - keep reading, pray for a change of attitude and keep reading until it changes you.

Father - make your Word new and fresh to me each day. Arrest my bad attitudes and fill me with a hunger and thirst for Your Word. Amen