Psalm 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Psalm 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Yesterday I asked if there is a wrong way to study the bible. Here I set before you two different attitudes. The first is self-seeking, to bolster up one’s own position. They give no real thought to God.

The key to the second is that this man has already made God the Lord of his life and his very flesh longs to drink of the living water.

Can one who is not a follower of Jesus find God in the scriptures? Absolutely.

Psalm 105:3-4 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

There is however a difference in knowing who God is from afar off and intimately. It is the difference between knowing of God by reputation and knowing God by experience. This intimate relationship God seeks with us has to be met by accepting His invitation into that relationship. It is not enough to answer the knock at the door with “Who is there?” You have to open the door to your heart and let Him in, making Him the Lord of your life. Until that moment all your bible studies will be self-effort.

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

To answer my own question I would say: It is wrong to choose my own thinking above that of the Spirit of Truth.