Last week I had the pleasure of meeting with the Rev. Dr. Barry Black, U.S. Senate Chaplain. In reflection of God’s word he shared that as a boy his mother would give him a nickel for every verse of scripture that he memorized. So he and his brother searched the Bible for every short verse they could find. But when they ran out of short ones they continued to memorize. A verse that stood out to him was from Psalm 119:99. The Psalmist says that he is smarter than his teachers because he as meditated on God’s words (Thy testimonies, KJV).
Daniel and his friends in exile in Babylon mediated and lived by the word of God. They were found to be ten times better than all the Babylonian classmates.
He recounted several times when he used the lens of God’s word to influence the policy of our nation and military at times when he was not a ranking officer or voting member of the Senate. This discussion just affirmed to me the value of memorizing God’s word.
--Ben
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