SUNDAY
JANUARY 12
“You received his message…And this
word continues to work in you who believe.” 1 Th 2:13 NLT
THE BIBLE IS—GOD SPEAKING TO YOU
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In the
Bible you will find a solution for just about every problem you face in life.
How often have you gone for help to a pastor or a counselor or friend, only to have them direct you back to
the Scriptures? When you get sick enough, you won’t argue with the doctor, you’ll
just take the medicine! Paul writes, “When you received his message from us,
you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as
the very word of God—which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work
in you who believe.” God’s Word works—when you work it! But it only “continues
to work in you who believe.” So don’t read it and then go out and say something
different, get into agreement with God. Let His Word on the issue be your word
on it too! The Amplified Bible says, “The Word of God, which is effectually at
work in you who believe [exercising its superhuman power in those who adhere to
and trust in and rely on it]” (v. 13 AMP). One day and atheist said to a
believer that it was quite impossible to believe in any book whose author was
unknown. The believer asked him if the compiler of the multiplication table was
known. “No,” he answered. “Then, of course, you don’t accept it?” the believer
asked. The skeptic replied, “Oh, yes, I believe in it because it works well.”
The believer replied, “So does the Bible.” The greatest investment you can make
in yourself is reading your Bible.
Taken from The Word for You Today
Devotional
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