Do You Love the Word of God?

As a pastor, I have noticed that one of the first signs of backsliding is a loss of love for the Word of God. I have heard many excuses: "the print is too small," yet there is no difficulty reading the small print of a newspaper or television guide. "I don't have the time." However, there is time for television, movies, or other entertainments. The truth is, people do what they want to do. The following story evidences the power of desire properly placed:

A man in Kansas City was severely injured in an explosion. Evangelist Robert L. Summer tells about him in his book The Wonder of the Word of God. The victim's face was badly disfigured, and he lost his eyesight as well as both hands. He was just a new Christian, and one of his greatest disappointments was that he could no longer read the Bible. Then he heard about a lady in England who read Braille with her lips.

Hoping to do the same, he sent for some books of the Bible in Braille. Much to his dismay, however, he discovered that the nerve endings in his lips had been destroyed by the explosion. One day, as he brought one of the Braille pages to his lips, his tongue happened to touch a few of the raised characters and he could feel them. Like a flash he thought, I can read the Bible using my tongue. At the time Robert Sumner wrote his book, the man had "read" through the entire Bible four times.