How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!  Psalm 119:103

How does God feel about His own Word? Can you even imagine? When I feel numb and casual about scripture, God is anything but that. How is the gap bridged between how I feel about it and how He feels when He hears His words spoken out loud? How can casual become passionate? There is a way.

The Spirit of God lives inside me. When I read the scriptures, He feels intensely. When I meditate, He is hopeful about how I will be changed. If I ask for help, He is eager to share His emotions with me about what I’ve read.

Because when I’m reading an Old Testament story, He remembers it all in vivid detail like it was yesterday. He remembers the sins of the people and the victories of the saints. When I read a warning about the consequences of sin, He feels the high stakes. He’s praying I’ll believe what I’m reading and avoid the painful consequences. And when I come across a promise He’s made, He’s passionate about my encouragement, hoping I’ll latch on to His words as lifelines.

While meditating on the scriptures, I have experienced feeling little one moment and feeling overcome the next. Words that failed to move me caused me to weep over their beauty. What changed? Asking the Spirit to stir my heart emotionally and make me as alive to the content as He was alive. I’ve learned that there is a real disconnect if I do not experience God in His words. And when that happens, I know what to do until holy trembling takes over.

You are never numb. I am often numb. Help me move out of stoicism into experiential unity with You. Amen