• 诗篇 12:6

耶和华的应许纯全，就像在炉中炼过七次的银子。

• 歌罗西书 3:16

要将基督的话丰丰富富地存在心里，用各样智慧彼此教导，互相劝诫，以感恩的心用诗篇、圣乐、灵歌颂赞上帝。

圣经不仅仅是一本让我们感觉良好，或偶尔给我们提供帮助的书。在诗篇12:6和其他诗篇里，诗人一贯指出，有智慧的人极其看重上帝的话语，认为其价值远胜金银财宝。上帝的话语攸关生死，要活命就非靠它不可。可是有多少时候，我们有把它当一回事呢？也许是因为圣经来得太容易了，以致我们没有好好珍惜它。令人惊讶的是，圣经虽然是世界上最多人购买和拥有的一本书，但恐怕也是最大材小用的一本书。

换句话说，仅仅拥有或单单阅读圣经是不够的。要圣经在你生命中发挥作用，你就必须下定决心不畏艰难，将它的话应用在生活中。你愿不愿意努力遵从上帝的道，即使它要求你改变你的思想和行为呢？第一步就是要读祂的话语，但这只不过是第一步而已。

• Psalm 12:6

The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

• Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

The Bible is not just a book we read that makes us feel good inside or helps us every once and awhile. Here in Psalms, and throughout the Psalms altogether, authors explain how, to the wise person, God’s word is incredibly precious – more so than silver or gold even. It is life and death; the only thing needed to survive. And yet how many times do we take it for granted, maybe even because it is so accessible. It's astounding that the Bible is the most purchased and owned book in the world, and yet perhaps the least utilized.

In other words, it's not enough just to own a Bible or even to read it - it starts to have power in your life when you decide to apply it to your life, even when it gets tough. Do you have what it takes to work hard and obey God's Word even when it causes you to change the way you think and act? It all starts with reading His Word, but it certainly doesn't end there.

使用这个读经计划或其他资料，继续让圣经成为一本指引你的书。先从每天读一章做起。读完后，开始将你所学到的应用在日常生活中。

Continue, whether by this devotional, or outside reading, to make the Bible your guidebook – perhaps by reading a chapter of the Bible each day to begin. Then begin to apply those things you read to your everyday life.