Reasons to Open Your Bible Right Now
3. The Word of God produces joy (19:8a).
David declares that the precepts of the Lord “rejoice the heart.” When we behold God’s mercy, patience, justice, and steadfast love through the narrative of Scripture, our hearts are flooded with joy. Scripture anchors our joy to the finished work of Christ and the reminder that our sins are, in the immortal words of Audio Adrenaline, somewhere “on the ocean floor.