What makes for a good book report?
We’ve all had to do them. They are a staple of reading classes for elementary children across the country.
As we grow older, they become business reviews, news blurbs, ways of taking long information and making it shorter.
Here’s the thing: A good book report can’t leave out any of the really good stuff. We must choose carefully, tell the best points, and keep the listener interested.
Here’s how David says it in Psalm 145:4-5:
“One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.”
That’s why we have our favorite stories of the Bible, the ones we like to tell over and over. Noah and the ark. The three wise men. Jesus walking on the water.
Those are the interesting parts, the sections that keep our attention, the words that speak of the glorious splendor of God’s majesty.
The story of the fishes and the loaves. The boy’s lunch fed the thousands at Jesus’ hand. How magnificent is that?
The exciting story of the demons casting the herd of swine off the cliff. That’s thrilling at the max.
A baby born in a manger, the Son of the Holy God. And there’s more, so much more.
Let’s open the Book, read the best parts, then begin to fill in with the rest. It’s good stuff, all of it. Our job is to make a start.
When we jump into the Word, the truths in its pages will begin to jump into us.
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