What Does It Take to Understand the Bible?

What Does It Take to Understand the Bible? (Part 2)

What do you need to understand the Bible?

Many things come to mind:

A vital and ever-growing relationship with the Father through His Son.
The presence of the Holy Spirit who guides us into His truth.
A hunger for divine wisdom.
A sincere desire to know God.
An attitude of humility and faith.
The self-discipline to spend much quality time in this endeavor.

The list goes on . . .

How do you answer this question?

Today I’d like to focus on an often overlooked answer to this all-important question: Prayer.

Understanding the Bible is nothing short of the miraculous work of God in our hearts and minds, and so we must cry out to Him to provide comprehension.

This is why the psalmist asks God to “Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law” (Psalm 119:18).

Do you pray before, during and after your time in the Word? I pray that you do!

But what, specifically, should you pray? The verse above is a great place to start.

And as we read the rest of Psalm 119 we find three more short but oh-so-powerful prayers that the psalmist prayed repeatedly. I commend them to you today, so please take time to read this article:

3 Great Prayers to Pray When Reading the Bible

And may the God of truth answer your prayer to understand His Word.