Every Word of God Is True
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Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Proverbs 30:5
I know it’s not Friday, but I started preaching to myself from the April Topical Trusting God Bible Reading Challenge and God whispered to my heart. Yes. Share that.
Believing God
Some think religion is for sissies, wimps or the faint of heart. I know a few people who believe that it’s crazy to believe in God when you can’t see him. How do you believe in what you cannot see? Faith. Faith has the power to move mountains. (Matthew 17:20) Then what does it mean to trust God? Trusting God means that we believe he is who he says he is and he will do what he says he will do.
For Christians, we believe he is who he says he is. The God of the universe saved our souls when we believed in him, received his free gift of salvation, and trusted him for an eternal home in heaven.
But the struggle often lies in trusting God with our daily affairs.
I believe that struggle begins with the first portion of the verse above.
Every Word of God Proves True
As Christians, we believe God’s Word. But two things happen at this critical point of knowing every word of God is true.
First, we often don’t know what God’s Word says. So we form our own opinions and then try to fit our opinions in the Bible somewhere. And when what we believe doesn’t fit with what God says, we’re upset. We think: Why didn’t God do such and such? or Why did God do such and such?
We must know God’s Word to believe God’s Word. That’s why Bible reading and study are so vital to daily Christian life.
How can we base our beliefs on the truth of the Bible if we don’t even know what it says?
The second problem is that we like to pick and choose the parts we want to believe. We forget about “every word” and snag the ones that fit our own agendas. We cherry pick the Bible and then wonder why the jam we make from the pickings is bitter.
Every word. Not some. Not a few. Every word of God is true. So how can we pick and choose which verses we want to believe? How is it that we trust God for eternal salvation but fail to trust him for everyday solutions?
he is a shield to those who take refuge in him…
Oh Friend, this morning I woke up with a heavy burden after receiving some news late last night. The news is not devastating, just disappointing and the struggle was real this morning before I even got out of bed.
- Am I trusting God for his hand in daily affairs or not?
- Do I believe that every word of God is true?
- Do I believe that he knows every detail of the situation and has the best plan for our family’s good and his glory? (Thank you for the reminder yesterday, Pastor Dale and Pastor Ken!)
So I ran to Jesus- the shield to those who take refuge in him.
The choice is yours today as well.
Run and take refuge or resist and gain nothing.
What struggle keeps you from believing that God’s plan is best for your good and his glory?
Rachel
Amen.thank you very much!
Thanks for this.
have been battling with a rare bone disease for 12years now and right now i dnt know what to pray,or if i can still hold on to the pain. This right up made me believe God is never to late and he as a divine plan for our lives if we keep trusting him.
Oh Aaron. Yes he does. I pray that his presence is made known to you in a special way today.
Thank you for your daily emails. They have been an encouragement to me! I have been struggling with several health issues that are causing anxiety with some depression because they can’t figure some of them out. Still going through testing but asking the Great physician to heal and give me joy and peace back deep in my soul and mind. Asking God to help me trust as I wait on Him .
This is exactly what I needed to be reminded of today. Thank you
Although I love your Bible reading challenges, I haven’t been doing very well keeping up with it this mo…and now, I am struggling with my old enemy “depression”…and finding myself so very discouraged…what a timely/uplifting post…thank you so much Rachel.
This post is right on time…I definitely need to read this today. Thank you
That’s the of conclusion that logic and rationale will cause people to come up with. The thing is that everyone has the ability to exercise faith whether they believe in God or not. This is known as the natural faith which is based upon what people can see, feel, hear, touch, and so forth in relation to the natural world they are living in. Everything that you’re using in this world, you make us of it because you believe that it can produce a desired result. To a much risky extent, those who’re parachuting out of the sky are literally exercising real faith in the parachute in the context that it will be able to sustain them out of the sky until they land safely.
When it comes down to faith in God, it’s known as supernatural faith. Having said that, one thing many people have failed to realize is that God’s presence in this visible world is far more real than those who are around them. The invisible world in which God dwells is much more real and powerful than the visible world in which we’re living as human because the visible world comes out of the invisible one. Our faith in God allows us to acknowledge God’s absolute presence in the context of inviting Him to work through us in relation to what He’s promised us in His Word. Our faith is what allows Him to materialize the very things that He’s promised us.
Oh Rachel I so needed this today!! I have been working on trusting God more every day! Last month I started reading the bible every day (I started with your monthly bible reading challenge) and I take notes and write down whatever is on my heart as I read. What a difference it has made!! Anytime I am feeling down, upset, bored, anything… I sit down and start reading. Even if its only for 5 minutes. It always boosts my mood. So for your question: What struggle keeps you from believing that God’s plan is best for your good and his glory? I think the thing I struggle with is not KNOWING what HIS plan is for me. I feel like if he would give me a little play book and say “these are all your plans, now work towards them!” That would be so much easier!! Yesterday during my quiet time I actually wrote, “God please reveal your plans for me and what you need me to do now. And if now isn’t the time for you to reveal these things to me, please give me PATIENCE!!”
Rachel you are awesome, don’t ever stop spreading God’s word!!
You are so sweet. God is so good. Thank you for the kind, encouraging word!!!