Without Fail

I recently viewed the major motion picture "The Book of Eli". Denzel Washington stars as the main character against a post apocalyptic world where he is the sole possessor of the final copy of the Holy Bible. How interesting is this movie...quite, but I would have to say that the most haunting moment of the film to me is very brief and might be quite insignificant to the average viewer. This is no spoiler, so read on...when asked whether he read the bible every day by the most significant of a few supporting characters he responded simply, and I quote "without fail". Yes, simply without fail, but the response struck me as if a two by four had fallen out of the sky onto my head. You see, as a Christian man the Bible represents all that is real in this life, all that is true, it is the rock, for you see it is the word of God, which according to scripture itself...is God. If I have accepted this as true, then my response to that very same question should undoubtedly be the same, but of course it is not. I rarely read my bible but have been blessed to be able to recall virtually all the truths that I have read to guide me...which still unfortunately is subject to my will. Nevertheless, my awareness of the value of the Word of God should, I think, cause a very real desire to be immersed and involved in it's consumption every waking day. I should hope that it doesn't take a war torn world absent of the amenities we all enjoy to cause me to view what is truly our only treasure as it should be. So, I shall endeavor to follow the example set by Paul, Titus and now a fictitious character named Eli...so that I may be found immersed in God's Word as commanded, not for religious reasons...no no no, simply because I know the value of the treasure we have in our possession......