Lord, hear my prayer!
….Listen to my plea!
Don’t turn away from me
….in my time of distress.
Bend down to listen,
….and answer me quickly when I call to you. Psalm 102:1-2 NLT

2 Peter 1:16-21 (<<click here to read the passage)

The Bible…Scripture…Your Holy Word. Lord, has there ever been a time when it has not been a point of contention? There have been so many attempts to discredit it from so many angles. It is not a collection of “clever stories.” It is not a bunch of fables and fairytales. For many, because they feel that parts are unbelievable, they discard the entirety as unreliable. Others instead just pick and choose what they will or will not believe and adhere to.

I myself believe in You with all my being and so believe what You have said with the same fervency. Peter very strongly asserts that Your word is undeniable. He experienced You, Lord, firsthand, and with John and James on the mountain heard the Father’s voice proclaim, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.” (Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35) He goes on to assert, “Because of that experience, we have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets.” 2 Peter 1:19a

Your words, Lord, “are like a lamp shining in a dark place—until”…You “the Morning Star shines in [our] hearts.” And Scripture is very clear that we “must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding, or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God.” vs.19b-21

I love how you bring so many things together to show me the truth of who You are. In my reading of my devotional Our Daily Bread for the day, the closing Insight for this day had this to say,

The truth of God’s intimate care for us is grounded in God’s self-revelation, the Bible. In the Discovery Series booklet, How Can I Know God through His Book? David Egner writes, “Although the Bible was written by men like Moses and Luke and Paul, it is the self-revelation of God. He is the Author behind the authors. And what He says reflects who He is. To know God we have to read His book;…to see Him on every page, above every event, in every place and circumstance, and overseeing the choice of every person who makes his way into the sacred pages of biblical history.”

Lord, may I cherish and honor Your word and live out its precepts every day. Amen

(Mar 15th, 2017, Wed, 6:57 am)
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