Dig into these golden mines!
(Robert Leighton)
Let this commend the Scriptures much to our diligence and affection—that their great theme is our Redeemer, and redemption wrought by Him.
They contain the doctrine of His excellencies, and are the lively picture of His matchless
beauty.
beauty.
Were we more in them, we would daily see more of Him in them—and so of necessity love Him more.
But we must look within them—the letter is but the case—the spiritual sense is what we should desire to see.
We usually huddle them over, and see no further than
their outside, and therefore find so little sweetness in
them. We read them, but we don't search them as He
requires.
their outside, and therefore find so little sweetness in
them. We read them, but we don't search them as He
requires.
Would we dig into these golden mines, we would find treasures of comfort which cannot be spent, but which would furnish us in the hardest times!
"My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God." Proverbs 2:1-5
