I really like Legos. They are cool. You can spend hours building things and creating the latest greatest super cool 7 wheeled interspace dune buggie shuttle. And then play with it as your own very specialized toy that no one else in the whole wide world has - just you. Now that's cool. Of course, my kids like them even better than I do. It's a shame that I don't play with them as often as I would like - adults just don't get as much time as kids do. I don't know why. It looks like the same 24 hours, but for some reason it doesn't last as long for big people. Oh well.
Anyway, I was praying the other day and the Lord showed me how studying the Bible and memorizing important verses and promises was like playing with Legos. Ya, really! Okay, well, actually it wasn't about playing with the Legos so much as to the fact that you don't just use Legos for a day and then throw them away. You keep them so you can use them again another day. At least you should. If you've been throwing them away you're really missing out on the best part: the fact that the same Legos can be used over and over, day after day, and still seem just like new toys! Stop throwing them away, okay?
Now what does that have to do with the Bible? Well, you can read a passage from the Bible and be spiritually uplifted. It feeds your spirit and you actually grow spiritually. Often as you read, a particular verse or two will stand out as being especially meaningful and helpful. Just what you needed! Like a key that unlocks that door you've been banging your head on for days trying to get through. The Bible works! God's Word and Guidance have all the answers! So you read them and apply them once and then just forget them, right? I hope not! You really don't want to lose those important keys. It's amazing how many times we have to go through the same door that always seems to lock itself. We need those keys again and again.
Also, often when you pray the Lord will remind you of what you have read in the Bible and other spiritually uplifting reading. And as you go through you day, you'll often remember these lessons learned and they help you make it to the next step. They will be the keys to unlock that door again and many times will even unlock other doors that looked different but apparently were very similiar.
And the Legos? Well we keep all our Legos in big boxes under the kids' beds. And when we need them we just pull out those boxes and dig in to find just the piece we need to add in that extra doorway or window on the three story super duper space galactic dune buggie garage and repair shop. That's what we need to do with our special key Bible verses. We need to store them in big boxes under the bed - no, I mean, we need to memorize them and keep them in the big box that sits on our shoulders. That way they will always be there to help us when we need them.
You do have to take them out often and dust them off or else you will forget them. So be sure to spend time both memorizing verses and reviewing verses that you've already memorized. Don't want all that work spent memorizing to go down the drain.
Also, please don't just wait until you find key verses and promises as you read and study God's Word. You can find lists of very special verses that others have already tried and proven to be effective. You can check out this site, https://www.gotpromise.com/promises. It has a whole lot of verses.
So, how many Legos do you have?
