God's Word Worth a Million Dollars

So often, we lose sight of the preciousness of God’s Word. We have access to so many copies that we tend to take it for granted. I personally have about nine Bibles sitting on my bookshelf. Because they are so readily available, we forget how precious and treasured these words really are.

I like what John Wesley says: “I am a creature of a day. I am a spirit come from God, and returning to God. I want to know one thing: the way to heaven. God himself has condescended to teach me the way. He has written it down in a book. Oh, give me that book! At any price give me the book of God. Let me be a man of one book.” Don’t you realize? This Book has the key to eternal life! It tells the secrets of heaven. It provides meaning to life! Pause for a moment. Think about that truth. How great is the Word of God!

Imagine that a package came for you in the mail today. On the envelope, it announced the cure for all evil in the world. Curiously, you open it. Inside is a simple book. You wonder how in the world a book could hold the secrets of good and evil inside its pages, but you begin to read. With amazement, you find that not only does it give the answer for your problems, but it gives you meaning and purpose. It provides a means to gain supernatural strength. It gives you the key to living forever. How would you treat such a book? Wouldn’t you guard it with your life?

I know that I personally would pay millions for a book that gave illuminated my purpose in life and gave me a source of help and comfort in every trail. I would sell everything I have if only to own this book. If it contains the secrets of life, I will go anywhere; do anything, simply to know the secrets therein.

And, this is exactly what the Word of God does. It offers to us the meaning of life. It gives us answers to the source of our existence. It offers wisdom. It provides strength. It imparts the secrets for everlasting life. It guides us on the most amazing journey ever. Yet how few of us treat it as if it were worth a million dollars!

Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible sums it up so well: “The word of God, the doctrines contained in it; which, coming out of the mouth of God, and spoken by him, carries in it weight and authority, commands reverence and respect; and ought to be considered as indeed the word of God and not of man; and so of more value than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. The truths and doctrines of the word of God are not only comparable to gold and silver for their intrinsic worth and value; but are preferable to them, and to be received before them: David had his thousands of gold and silver, but he esteemed the word of God above them all; and willingly suffered afflictions, that he might understand it better.”

Listen to how Psalm 19 describes the Word: 

“…perfect, converting the soul;
…sure, making wise the simple;
…right, rejoicing the heart;
…pure, enlightening the eyes;
…clean, enduring forever;
…true and righteous altogether” (Ps 19:7-9).

Wow, wouldn’t you like to lay your hands on a book like that? And yet you have one, right there on your bedside table!

Right after these verses in Psalm 19, David offers the conclusion that we all should come to: “More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” We hold in our hands the most amazing book in the world. Let us treat it as precious, and value it as worth more than much gold. Let us seek it as we would a great treasure, for it certainly is the most valuable pearl to be found.  Let us learn to love His commands “more than gold, more than pure gold” (Psalm 119:127). Let us treat this book as if it were worth a million dollars. Because it is.