The Draw of God

The Draw of God

Comments on Galatians with an ear to Luther’s commentary

Scripture Text: Galatians 2:20 and 1 Timothy 4:13-16

Series: Comments on Galatians

Today's Scripture Jigsaw

I finally found eight books I had been looking for years, and I could not be happier. This set of books is called The Bible Story Library and contains, as you might imagine, the biblical story from creation to apocalypse. I read these books over and over as a child, especially fascinated by the flood, Samson, and David. I still recall the thought occurring to me one day, sitting on our sofa at perhaps the age of nine or ten, that perhaps I could read that zippered King James Bible my mother kept on the dining room table. She allowed me to do so, of course, and there I found, as someone else has put it, the rest of the story. 

Did I read the Bible because I had first loved God? I did not; the very concept of loving God was foreign to me at that time. Was my reading of the Bible some good work that accrued merit for me with God? No; but in the reading, I learned of a Savior “who loved me, and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). God was calling to me at that young age, revealing himself to me in his Word. This is how we are used to save others: by sharing God’s Word with them so that he may draw them to himself. I share the Word with you so that you may hear and be saved (Romans 10:17). 

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