Revelation 22:19 (NASB)
19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.

We all have favorite verses from the Bible. There are those that just speak to us, give us comfort, or bring alive the Gospel in our lives. We like to read those verses over and over, pray over them, meditate on them, and recite them from memory.

But what about the verses that, if we had our wishes, God would have just left out of the Bible. You know them. We all have verses like that. We avoid them, avoid thinking about them, but often the Holy Spirit brings them up in our minds.

Those verses that we don’t like were put there by God just for us. For you and for me. Those are the verses that we need to focus on, to pray about, to meditate on earnestly, to learn what God has to say to us. And when we do, they become our favorite. Well, maybe not at first, but if we are persistent and ask the Holy Spirit to guide us, they will in time.

What verses in the Bible don’t you like? If you have one or more, respond to the blog and let me know what they are. It could be that they are verses that I have avoided and now God wants me to learn from them too.

Heavenly Father, I praise You for the entirety of the Bible. The wisdom that You have provided is perfect. I thank You for the verses that were put there just for me. I pray that You would help me to understand and to love the ones that trouble me. I pray this in the matchless name of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Always praying for the glory of God,