Open thy eyes and understand thy Scripture

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In Luke 24:45, it says, "Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures." This happens after Jesus resurrected and appeared in front of the disciples. A similar thing happened before that in Luke 24:32, "They asked each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?" "

I was just thinking, today we read the bible but do we open our mind and understand the Scripture? Do we open our eyes 'wide wide' in order to see what God is doing in our lives through the word? I was thinking about it. Sometimes, people leave church for numerous reasons, and one reason is because other people leave church. But when we make our decision according to the decision of other people, I wonder are we really making a sound decision that is based on our understanding of the Scripture? These people can be people who have proclaimed that they want to understand the Scripture.

I bring out this example because I have this deep burden in my heart to want to understand the bible more. And people are not doing so. A lot of older Christians are not demonstrating a good example by digging into the bible and just reading it shallowly. Yet, when God opens our eyes, we should be burning in our hearts when we read the bible and understand what it is talking with regards to our lives. After all, when we quote 2 Timothy 3:16, dun we believe that all Scripture is profitable for our lives?

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