Bible "Apps" From God

Do we remember when telephones were for making simple phone calls? Today, cell phone applications, or "apps" as they are called, allow us the capability of reading daily news reports, sports scores, playing games, planning trips, finding out what our location is anywhere on the globe — or any of three hundred thousand other applications that are now readily available.

However, the "apps" for cell phones are nothing compared to the kind of "apps" Scripture provides us. The "applications" found in God's book, the Bible, are inspired messages telling us "how" to apply the truth of His Word to every situation in life.

For example, we might look at the "apps" found in Ephesians Chapter 5 — the "imitate-God" app (Ephesians 5:1); the "walk-in-love" app (Ephesians 5:2; the "purity" app (Ephesians 5:3); and "the tongue" app (Ephesians 5:4).

If we look in Philippians 2, we see the "unity" app (Philippians 2:2); the "humility" app (Philippians 2:3); the "no-grumbling" app (Philippians 2:14); and the "shine-as-lights" app (Philippians 2:15).

The best thing about the above "apps," is that we don't have to wait for someone to offer them on the Internet. All we have to do, is simply open our Bibles, and note the hundreds of ways that Scripture is applicable to our everyday life and living.

Do we have questions about how to successfully live the Christian life? Then let us be willing to "search" God's "apps" for the answers to our questions (Acts 17:11).

Beloved, the answers are there, just waiting to be discovered (Proverbs 2 NLT).

—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets