1 Kings 9-10 / Acts 8:14-40 / Psalm 130 / Proverbs 17:2-3
As a woman who continues to heal from and deal with trust issues, I appreciate when I find someone whose word I can count on. Obviously, it takes time to get to know a person and to determine whether their words match their actions (that is how I learn to trust someone). Please don’t tell me one thing and do another – I will have lost respect for you already.
There is One whose words I have come to trust, rely on and put my hope in over the past 53 years and that is God’s Words. I love His written words of history in the Bible, I love the words He speaks to my heart, and I love that Jesus is referred to as The Word of God. I love that the Word is a Person. And this is what makes God’s Word different from any other words I will ever read, hear or speak.
God’s Words have power behind them. It says in Hebrews 4:12 For the Word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between join and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.
James 1:22-23 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.
The truth contained in the words and history of the Bible are the body of beliefs after which I have chosen to pattern my life. I look into the lives of the men and women there, I read their accounts and experiences and I realize they are speaking of a realm from which I came – the realm of the Spirit. Because I am of God’s Spirit, I love Him and I love what He speaks!
In today’s reading I was comforted by Psalm 130:5 I am counting on the LORD; yes, I am counting on Him. I have put my hope in His word.
For me, to know, read, follow and trust His words is to know, read, follow and trust Him. I learn Who He is and I have a better idea of how He expects me to live as I read the inspired words of the writers of scripture. I love God’s Word so much as a matter of fact that I’ve been known to slide it under my pillow or to hug it. And when I’m doing that, I’m not hugging a book; I’m hugging the One who inspired the book!
