Living in the Truth of God's Word

A believer in the Lord Jesus Christ must guard himself or herself from being like the world.  We have been called by Christ to no longer act as the way the world does, but to follow Jesus Christ and to do His will.  We can only accomplish this by reading and studying God's Holy Word, the Bible, and submitting to the lead of the Holy Spirit who indwells everyone who has trusted Christ as Lord and Savior.

It is so very easy for you and I to lose focus of the Lord and wander off the path that He has laid out for us, but we are always just one step from getting back on course, thankfully.  The Lord is always willing to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (I John 1:9).

It is never enough to just read the Bible and leave it without ever thinking about what we just read.  We should think upon the Word throughout the day even as we are doing other tasks.  We are to chew on Word and allow it to absorb deep within our very minds and souls so it may take root and produce a crop 30, 60, or 100 times that was sown for the building of God's Kingdom and for His ultimate Glory.

Psalm 1

¹ Blessed is the one
    who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
    or sit in the company of mockers,
² but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and who meditates on his law day and night.
³ That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
    which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.

⁴ Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff
    that the wind blows away.
⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
    nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

⁶ For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

Sometimes it is all too easy for us to go with the flow.  We don't like looking different to others so we just go along with the crowd, but that is not what the Lord would have for us to do.  We are not called to be loud and obnoxious, but we aren't called to be like the world either.  We are to be in the world, but not of it.  There are many false teachers nowadays that have turned away from God's Holy Word and are running after worldly things such as prosperity and gaining material things which have no eternal value whatsoever.

We believers and followers of Jesus Christ must delight in the truth of His Word and think upon it daily and be aware of His presence in our lives through the Holy Spirit.  That believer of Jesus Christ whom has humbled themselves and feeds upon God's Word is likened to a tree that is planted by the stream of living water.  Such a person is well fed and watered by the Word and empowered by the Holy Spirit and will accomplish whatever God has planned for them.  They do not accomplish  anything in their own power or intellect mind you.  It is God doing the work through them and they are just humble, unworthy servants, only doing what their Master wants them to do.

Those who are trusting in Jesus Christ will not fall.  They may stumble and get tripped up on the way, but Christ will always make them stand for He is there with an outstretched hand to help those who stumble to get back up and continue the race that they have been called to endure with perseverance and a focus on the Lord Jesus Christ, our eternal prize.

Those whom have rejected Christ offer of salvation and those who continue in their wickedness have no such promise or hope whatsoever.  They reject the outstretched hand of Christ and they refuse His divine help.  Thus they have no future hope to look forward too.  The only thing they have to look forward to is Judgment.  It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God who will Judge the living and the dead at the end of days.

I love the Lord Jesus Christ with all of my heart, but I know I fail Him often.  I am the worst of sinners and have no righteousness of my own.  The only hope that I have is found in Jesus Christ and in Him alone.  I can't save myself.  You can't save yourself.  The people we meet everyday can't save themselves either.  This is true for everyone on the planet which is why we all need the Lord Jesus Christ.  Apart from Christ there is absolutely no hope to be found.  Without the Lord Jesus Christ we are doomed to utter destruction and torment.

I am thankful that there is hope in Jesus Christ for all who believe and trust in Him for salvation.  We must come to Him by faith trusting in His grace (Ephesians 2:8-10; John 3:16) .

Let's make sure we pay close attention to our walk with Christ and the reading of the Word to be a better witness for the Lord while hopefully drawing others to Him.

Lord,
I fail so very often at reading Your Word.
Help me to set more time to be in Your Word and being quiet in Your presence.
Lead us by Your Holy Spirit.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.