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September 8, 2020 8:00 pm
When Johannes Gutenberg combined the printing press with moveable type in 1450, he ushered in the era of mass communications in the West, spreading learning into new social realms. Literacy increased across the globe and new ideas produced rapid transformations in social and religious contexts. Gutenberg produced the first-ever printed version of the Bible. Prior to this, Bibles were painstakingly hand-copied, taking scribes up to a year to produce.
For centuries since, the printing press has provided people like you and me the privilege of direct access to Scripture. While we also have electronic versions available to us, many of us often hold a physical Bible in our hands because of his invention. What was once inaccessible given the sheer cost and time to have a Bible copied is readily at our fingertips today.
Having access to God’s truth is a privilege we mustn’t take for granted. The writer of Proverbs indicates we should treat His instructions to us in the Scriptures as something to be cherished, as “the apple of [our] eye” (Proverbs 7:2) and to write His words of wisdom on the tablet of our heart (v. 3). As we seek to understand the Bible and live according to its wisdom, we, like scribes, are drawing God’s truth from our “fingers” down into our hearts, to be taken with us wherever we go.
And welcome to getting encouragement from the ideal event devotion on today's reading titled printed was written by Kristin Holmberg when Johannes Gutenberg can bind the printing press with movable type in 1450. He ushered in the era of mass communications in the West, spreading learning into new social realms literacy increased across the globe and new ideas produced rapid transformations in social and religious context. Gutenberg produced the first ever printed version of the Bible. Prior to this, Bibles were painstakingly hand copied taking scribes up to a year to produce. For centuries since the printing press has provided people like you and me the privilege of direct access to Scripture while we also have electronic versions available to us. Many of us often hold a physical Bible in our hands because of his invention.
What was once inaccessible, given the sheer cost and time to have a Bible copied is readily at our fingertips. Today, having access to God's truth is an amazing privilege.
The writer of Proverbs indicates we should treat his instructions to us in the Scriptures as something to be cherished as the apple of our eye and you're right, his words of wisdom on the tablet of our heart as we seek to understand the Bible and live according to its wisdom. We like scribes are drawing God's truth from our fingers down into our hearts to be taken with us wherever we go. Today Our Daily Bread devotional Scripture reading is from Proverbs 7 verses one through five. My son keep my words and store up my commands within you keep my commands and you will live.
Guard my teachings as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart say to wisdom.
You are my sister and insight. You are my relative.
They will keep you from the adulterous woman from the wayward woman with her seductive words. Let's pray heavenly father, thank you for people like Gutenberg who made it possible for so many people to read your holy Scriptures. May we read your word today and every day that it may be a lamp for our feet and a light on our paths. But the wisdom of the Bible, mold us shape us and grow us as we strive to obey it and follow it.
In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Today's encouragement was provided by Our Daily Bread ministries
