Your Word is True

DAY 140
2-11-10
2 CHRONICLES 18-20


Good Morning!

The prophets were telling King Ahab what he wanted to hear. They were afraid of him – and rightly so. But, when the prophet Micaiah was told agree with them, he said, "As surely as the Lord lives, I will say only what my God says." (2 Chron. 18:13) Those are simple, but very important words. Micaiah was concerned for the truth of God’s message. He was not going to speak a false message; nor was he going to accept a false message either.

Our Savior was also a man of truth. Jesus said, “I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it.” (John 12:49)

Jesus was concerned for the respect of God’s words and was only going to speak the message from God. This needs to be our conviction also. Only the Lord has the words of life. (John 6:68)

As the church struggled to stay with the inspired message from God, the Apostles fought for the truth of the God’s word. Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 4:3-5, “The time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.”

Love, respect, speak, and hold to the words of the Lord. He said, “The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.” (John 6:63)

Barry