We also have the prophetic word strongly confirmed, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. (2 Peter 1:19)
“You will do well to pay attention to it.”
Those words struck me today.
So many people take God’s word lightly. Why? Mostly because they don’t really believe it’s God’s word. They think it’s merely the words and thoughts of people.
Certainly God used people to speak. But Peter points out:
Above all, you know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from the prophet’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (20-21)
This is not to say people merely dictated what God said. But the Holy Spirit guided their thoughts to express the truths God wanted to teach.
Jesus himself confirmed time and again their veracity and our need to believe them (Matthew 5:17-19, John 5:39, 46; 10:34-36, Luke 24:25-27)
How do you treat the Scriptures? Do you treat them as the words of mere humans? Or as the words of God?
In this dark world where truth seems increasingly murky, God’s word shines like a bright light, guiding our way until the day our Morning Star, Jesus, returns.
You will do well to pay attention to it.
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