Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your law.

--Psalm 119:18

An elderly woman was living in Scotland in the worst kind of poverty. She had tattered clothes, a weathered house, and barely enough food to fill her stomach each day. Many years earlier, her son had come to America and had not returned to his native land. He had gone to make a way for himself and to provide a good life for his mother. But since that day, she had not seen him.

One day, a friend came to visit the mother. He said, “Does your son every help you with expenses?”

Reluctantly she admitted, “No, but he writes me nice long letters and sends me interesting pictures.”

The visitor wanted to speak harshly of the man, but held back and instead asked, “May I see the pictures?”

The aged mother brought them out of the drawer, and to the friend’s amazement they were valuable bank notes. Through the years, she had been needlessly living in poverty. All the while she had in her possession everything she needed to live.

Many times, in our attempt to learn more about God’s Word, we skim over some of the most important things that could be valuable at that time in our lives. Unless we daily spend time in the Bible, it will be to us as it was to the mother in the story above—nothing but words or pictures that we can’t quite understand.

Most of us don’t realize the pile of gold sitting right in front of us found in Scripture. If we will just take some time every day to meditate on the truths, we will see its value.

PRAYER CHALLENGE: Ask God to reveal to you the valuable truths and golden nuggets of wisdom from His Word, so that you can be wealthy in knowledge of who He is and His love for you.