Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.
Nehemiah 8:7-8
Lord Jesus I thank You today for all of the men and women You have placed in my life who open up Your Word to me and help me understand it better. Whether it is through the preached word, Bible Study, written books, or just plain conversations, You use them to help me better comprehend Your will for my life and the world in general. By their giftedness it is clear to me when I am engaging with their thoughts that Your hand is upon them and through them You have helping me to make sense of what I am reading. Your Word declares that iron sharpens iron and through these folks You are sharpening me so that I can rightly divide the word of truth. For this I say thank You!
Help me today to be that person someone else. Open up my eyes to the beauty of Your Word, making me not only excited to grasp its hidden treasures, but so filled up that I cannot keep them to myself. Use me to help someone else understand what they are reading and transfer the joy that I have from engaging with Your Word to them that together we might glorify and praise You for what You are doing in our midst. I pray this in Your Name. Amen.