Ephesians Lesson 2/Day 2 Write the Word

We live in a time when we click and swipe more than we put a pen to paper. It's faster and in a lot of ways easier to get on your phone or computer and click out your message. But, there is something uniquely meaningful and connecting in actually picking up a pen and writing on good ol' school paper. In the Bible God told the kings of Israel to personally write out their own copy of the Bible. Since a king could have easily commanded someone to make him a copy, this is pretty significant. Here's what God said:

 

When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests. It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees and not consider himself better than his fellow Israelites and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.

(Deuteronomy 17:18-20)

 

This is a powerful spiritual discipline that God set in place to keep kings reverent to God as well as the Word. Not only was the king commanded to write the Word, he was required to keep it handy and to read it daily. This came with a promise that the king and his descendants would prosper. I see in this a great spiritual discipline that we all could benefit by....and so, that's exactly what we do in the Dwelling Richly studies! Let's write Ephesians chapter two today!