Led by His Spiritናሙና

Nigel Richards is widely regarded as the best Scrabble player to have ever taken part in a tournament. Originally from Christchurch, New Zealand, Richards won numerous World Championships beginning in 2007 as well as several American championships and tournaments in other countries. In 2015 he decided to take on a different challenge. For the first time, Richards entered a non-English tournament, competing in the French Championship. He spent weeks before the tournament memorizing the official French Scrabble dictionary. Nigel Richards won the 2015 French Championship—despite not speaking French. He memorized how to spell the words, but he didn’t know what they meant.

An unsaved person can read, study, and even memorize the Bible, but knowing the words is not the same thing as understanding and applying them. As children of God, we have the Holy Spirit to help us learn, not just the words of Scripture, but what they mean and how they apply to our lives. Jesus promised this help to those who follow Him. “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come” (John 16:13). As children of God, the Holy Spirit guides us to understand and rightly apply His Word to our lives.