After some academic study of the Bible, I put away the reference books and sit back to imagine the people, places, and events I’ve just studied.
Of course, you need some study to inform your imagination. Otherwise, you’re just making up things that aren’t true to the biblical text.
I’m encouraging you to take your factual study a bit further. Take time to lift it out of the pages of a Bible dictionary and into your mind’s eye. A scene becomes a real place in your mind, not just an external fact you’ve learned.
This is an excerpt from Sweeter Than Chocolate: Developing a Healthy Addiction to God’s Word. Used by permission.
Sweeter Than Chocolate 