Reading the Old Testament is very challenging and rough going for me because I struggle to understand the history and happenings which in turn makes it hard to find and apply the principles, but I am learning that the more we search the Old Testament the more often we will find the diamonds in the rough, or the specific verses that teach us the principles that we need and are able to apply. I found one that I really liked today.

Deuteronomy 6: 6-7

6) And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine ^bheart:

7) And thou shalt ^ateach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt ^btalk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

I think that the adversary doesn’t bother being bashful about his beliefs, bearing down on us from all sides. Therefore we have to combat his forces with simple but consistent spiritual things for as Paul wrote in Romans, “be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:21) In order to do that, I think this scripture tells us that we need to first listen and embrace the word of God, and then we need to teach and discuss it diligently, in every situation and place possible. To me it means we talk of Christ not only at Christmas or on Sundays but every day in our houses sitting around the dinner table, when we are running errands, in our cars, when we go to bed and when we get up. Jacob did ask, “for why not speak of the atonement of Christ, and attain to a perfect knowledge of him…”(Jacob 4:12) And we know that coming to know God and Jesus Christ is what will lead us to eternal life (John 17:3).