Below is a brief story about a man I greatly respect. He was an Old Testament Professor at Talbot Seminary and is now in the presence of the Lord Jesus. His devotion to the Lord and to the Word of God is inspiring to me. I hope it encourages you to spend more time in the Word of God growing in your relationship with Him.

Here’s the link for the more detailed story: http://pastorbrouwer.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/the-devotional-life-of-dr-charles-feinberg/

The Devotional Life of Dr. Charles Feinberg
Stephen Katz writes about the great man of God, Dr. Charles Feinberg in the last stages of his life. Dr. Feinberg’s devotional life is one of the most inspiring and encouraging things I’ve ever read to encourage me to daily read God’s Word.

"One day while visiting, I noticed the two Bibles on his nightstand. The first one I picked up was unlike any I had seen. It had a red cover and contained the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament. The only English inside was the publisher’s information. We sometimes read together from the Hebrew portion. Yet it was the other Bible that made an indelible impression on me. In the back of that Bible Dr. Feinberg kept his own private reading record.

The top of the record was titled: "Read the Bible through." Underneath this and for the next two pages followed the final third of an amazing log:

105th time: Mar. 31, 1978 (Mt. Zion, Jerusalem, Israel)
106th time: June 29, 1978 (Anchorage, Alaska)
107th time: Sept. 30, 1978 (Whittier, California)
The record continued until the last entry:
154th time: Aug. 15, 1990 (Walnut Creek, California)

"Here was a simple record of a man who spent a lifetime in devotion to God and His Word. It didn’t take a math expert to figure out that Dr. Feinberg’s lifetime practice was to read through the entire Bible four times a year. Apparently he had been doing so since 1952! I was awestruck, humbled, challenged and inspired—all at the same time. I began to bring younger missionaries with me just to meet Dr. Feinberg and to show them the back of that Bible. The reaction was always the same: amazement, admiration, inspiration and a sense of holy challenge."

God bless you as you spend more time with Him in His Word!