“Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. And so, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE, he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that HE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY” (Acts 2:29-31).

Peter’s sudden ability to navigate effortlessly through the Prophets (Acts 2:16-21) and the Psalms (Acts 2:25-31) is mind-boggling, particularly when we consider how utterly blind he was to the meaning of Scripture just a few short weeks before the outpouring of God’s Spirit upon him on Shavuot (Luke 24:25-27, 44-47). With the gift of God’s Spirit, Peter’s eyes were opened to the meaning of Scripture and he couldn’t keep quiet about the incredible things God was teaching him from his word.

And one of the surest signs we’ve been born from above is a hunger for Scripture and an excitement to share what we’ve learned with others. I still remember exactly where I was the first time I read Psalm 22 and couldn’t believe someone had placed Yeshua in “my side of the Bible” a thousand years before he was born! And it was nothing short of miraculous I was even reading my Bible considering that until that point in my life I hated to read.

And even if we don’t have a hunger for Scripture, feeling guilty is not the solution. The only way to whet our appetites is to take a taste of God’s goodness every day by committing ourselves to the daily habit of reading and meditating upon God’s word.

“Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord” (1 Pet 2:1-3).