DIG DEEPER

 

 

DIG DEEPER

 

Around the Year with Emmet Fox

 

March 13

 

The study of the Bible

is not unlike the search

for diamonds in South Africa.

At first people found

a few diamonds in the yellow clay,

and they were delighted with their good fortune,

even while they supposed

that this was to be the full extent of their find.

Then, upon digging deeper,

they came upon the blue clay,

and to their amazement

found as many precious stones in a day

as they had previously found in a year.

In your exploration of Bible Truth,

see to it that you do not rest satisfied

in the yellow clay

of a few spiritual discoveries,

but press on to the rich blue clay underneath.

The Bible, however,

differs from the diamond field in the sublime fact

that beneath the blue clay there are more

and still more and richer strata,

awaiting the touch of spiritual perception—

on and on to Infinity.

 

“0 the depth of the riches

both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!

how unsearchable are his judgments,

and his ways past finding out!”

 

Romans 11:33