Daily Devotional Day & Night

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

Today's scriptures are about God’s Word. The Word of God, also known as the Holy Bible, is our handbook for life. God created it so that His love and wisdom would never be far away. The bible holds all of the answers to life, great or small. It gives us a History lesson, which is very much relevant today. The Bible is also known as the “Living Word of God”, because it’s translated by the Holy Spirit, and each time we read it we get something different. God speaks to us through His Word, and gives us nourishment for our Spirit, which helps us grow and mature in our Faith walk.
This entire book is God’s truth, and was written and translated in my different languages and versions, by God, through many different men and women. I hear people say all the time that they don’t believe everything in the bible because it was written by man, but I’m here to tell you that that’s a dangerous belief system. Think about how God uses people, isn’t He capable of having His truth written in one book, for the greater good of all of us children?
Jesus was the greatest teacher of the Word of God. However, even He studied God’s Word. Throughout the Gospels of Christ (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), He quotes scriptures from the Old Testament, which was written on scrolls, distributed and taught in churches throughout the land. Jesus sought the Word from a very young age. There’s an account in the book of Luke, where when He was a child, He had wondered off, and His parents were looking for Him frantically, because he had been missing for a few days. It’s written: Now so it was that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers. So when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You done this to us? Look, Your father and I have sought You anxiously.”And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” But they did not understand the statement which He spoke to them. (Luke 2:46-50) Just as Jesus, we too must be about our “Father’s business”, but studying His Word is the only way to find out what that is. We must primarily concern ourselves with taking care of “God’s business”.
Jesus was the Word of God walking on this earth. He taught a new doctrine, or a new way of life. He spoke of Salvation and forgiveness of sins. He spoke of love, life, and the Holy Spirit. He taught from two perspectives, because He was both God and human. He shared things with us in a way that we could relate, because He had experienced what it meant to be human. He also experienced the awesome Love of God, and He wanted to share that with us as well. The New Testament of the bible is all about the love, grace, and mercy of God, because He introduced a new way of life, through His Son Jesus Christ. Jesus’ way of teaching is a blend of the fear [or reverence] of God taught in the Old Testament, with the “Love God with all of your Heart” of the New. The most precious gift that God gave through Jesus was the Holy Spirit, Jesus said: “…the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." (John 14:26)
In order to prosper in life you must become acquainted with the Word of God. Once you’ve accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior, you’re anointed with the Holy Spirit. His job is to connect you with God. Before you sit down to study the Word, pray and ask the Holy Spirit to help you understand, and to gain the Wisdom God intended to teach you through that study session. Each time you open the Bible God is trying to tell you something, you not only have to read it, but you have to listen with your heart. I can guarantee you that all you will discover is the truth and love of God. If when you pick up the bible it seems like a foreign language to you, I suggest finding a bible study group at your local church, or form one with family and friends.
If you don’t know Jesus as Lord and Savior, then you don’t truly know God. Jesus is the only way to open the gates of Heaven, so that you can experience God’s love, peace, and joy right here on earth. You’re either for Him or against Him. It’s written: Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.” (John 8:42-44) With that being said, examine your heart. Who is your father? If you love Jesus, and have accepted Him as Lord and Savior, then you’ve proclaimed God as your Father. Jesus is “the Word that became flesh”; He’s that promise of Salvation, and eternal life, so without Him it’s impossible to obtain. Pray and ask Him to be Lord of your life today! My favorite verse today is: The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword. (Hebrews 4:12)

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