Intended for All People
Why is it important to remember that God’s Word is intended for all people? Back in the middle ages and even before, there were people who said that the Bible had several levels of meaning and that the plain meaning of the text was the least important. That made most people think they couldn’t understand the Bible. However, it wasn’t true.

If you were writing a book for young and old, educated and uneducated, alike, would you make it complex and hidden? Of course not! Sure, there are some parts that have analogies or symbols or other more difficult things, but most of the time the plain meaning of the text is what you are meant to understand.

The Holy Spirit Gives Understanding
Why does it matter that the Holy Spirit is the one who helps us understand? It means that the smartest among us can miss the meaning while the simplest understand. The Holy Spirit can give understanding and faith to anyone. Our human understanding can miss any of it and can never create faith.

So, read the Bible.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will help you understand it. He will. His Spirit will create and nurture your faith. He will reveal God and His plan of salvation.

Keep Reading the Bible

One of the other great things about God’s Word is that we keep learning and growing. I still frequently reread a passage and see something I didn’t see before that adds depth and beauty. God is infinite and His wisdom and knowledge are infinite. The more the read the richer the text becomes. It never gets old.

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for Your Word. Help me to have a hunger for it. As I read it, help me to understand it and read it in faith. Strengthen my faith and deepen my understanding.

Amen.