“It is not the length of life, but the depth.”

KERIKERI is a township in our district, in the Far North District of New Zealand, I really like, and where we are going to do our shopping sometimes. “To keep on digging,” is the meaning of the place.

The name of the township reminds me to dig deep in God’s Word, the Bible, and invest more time in my spiritual well-being.

A German pastor in a little lonely village in Germany was known to dig deep in the Word of God. He was digging for treasures in the Bible. Bordering the church property was a silver mine. That gave him the idea to think of the Bible as a mine of treasures. Prayer was his tool to dig for the treasures not only for himself, but also for others.

I own two books written by him, and I am blessed whenever I pick the books up to read. One of the books is a devotional treasury.

It is not the length of life, but the depth,” I saw not long ago here in Kaitaia in Commerce Street. What a message!

So let us keep on digging in the Bible, the Word of God, to feed ourselves and others.

I am reminded again of what we read in Matthew 24:35:

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”