Neglect means to abandon, desert or disregard someone or something. Neglect is something that everyone does from time to time. Maybe we forget, overlook or passover a person we care about. However, neglect can also be something more blatant like ignoring or avoiding people we are angry at or simply can’t stand.
Psalm 119:16 urges people to not neglect the Bible. In America, most families have at least one, while other families may have multiple copies of the Bible. Yet, how often are these copies opened, pages turned or highlighted? I know in my own life there have been periods when my Bible has collected more dust than my own attention. Deuteronomy 6:1-9 exhorts families to make God’s Word apart of their lives. Nonetheless, even Christian families have abandoned the Bible due to busyness and every day distractions.
Deuteronomy 6:18 strikes a cord with me every time I read it. If I do what is right, by reading, keeping and living the Bible, things will go well with me. Although life can be so simple, I often neglect the basic commands and principles of the Bible which results in the opposite of this passage. If Christians would just begin to care about the word of God more than anything else, their lives and this world would be a much better place. Therefore, don’t let the sun go down today until you open God’s Word, providing light for your feet and a lamp unto your path, Psalm 119:105.
by Jay Mankus
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