Memorizing Scripture fans the flames of our love for God, because every page testifies to who he is. I knew a dear saint who learned that someone close to her had died. As she heartbreakingly absorbed the news, she responded, “The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of Lord.” Even in her pain and sorrow, in the following weeks and months, she spoke to almost anyone who would listen about the goodness and grace of God in sustaining her during her trial. How does someone go through this kind of trial and speak about the goodness of God? It doesn’t happen because she’s been reading an instruction manual, but because she has been drinking deeply from the ever-flowing fountain of God’s revelation for decades.
