The 4 calling birds symbolized the 4 Gospels--Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, as well as the entire story of Christ's life contained in each of the Gospels. What an amazing gift we have in God's Word. Might we never take it for granted. God's eternal, supernatural Word that has the power not just to guide us and teach us but also to change hearts and lives. I think of the countless numbers of brave men and women who gave their lives for God's Word and for the Gospel and am humbled and convicted by my sometime cavalier attitude towards the Bible. We have Bibles of every shape and size and translation at our house. But do we read the Word every day with as much eagerness and hunger as we do with our food and meals? Help us to hunger for You and Your Word, Lord, more than anything else that this world can offer us.
Pretty simple and basic, but then, that's what it's all about, and it starts with spending time in His Word. Chuck Swindoll once wrote: "To be used by God. Is there anything more encouraging more fulfilling? Perhaps not, but there is something more basic: to meet with God. To linger in His presence, to shut out the voice of the city and, in quietness, give Him the praise He deserves. Before we engage ourselves in His work, let's meet Him in His Word...in prayer...in worship."
The holidays are busy, I know, but we need to push aside the constant demands and expectations, and choose, daily, to spend time meeting with God in His Word. The 4 calling birds are calling you! Will you choose to meet the Author of the Universe today in His Word so He can teach and convict and encourage and empower and love you? He gave us the Word, and He is the Word. What could be more important today? To the eternal, powerful Word be all the glory.
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