To those waking up to a darkness this morning hear this clarion call: open your Bible!
If you are needing to make a decision; or maybe the mountain is just too high and the valley simply too deep: get into the Word of God!
Hear the voice of God through the Word of God!
Pay attention to it for it is in this place that you will find an illumination of your heart.
The light will come into your deepest recesses of battle.
In the probable context of criticism that Peter was facing over his authority as an apostle to speak these instructions to the church, he reminds the Church:
“We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” (2 Peter 1 v 19-21)
It is completely reliable: Peter has already written of his experience of Jesus’ transfiguration but now he says don’t rely on my experiences only but on the Old Testament Scriptures. Who can we rely on today? I think of those whose loved ones even are not reliable. Friends if you are wondering if you can trust anyone today then you absolutely can, you can trust the Voice of God through the Bible.
It impacts the heart: You may be in the dark night of your soul but the day will dawn soon; you may feel isolated from the presence of God but the morning star, Jesus, will rise within your heart. The place which may be broken can be fixed; dream may lie shattered but new ones can emerge again; you see, the heart can be healed; the presence of God can rise again on you through what you receive in the Bible.
It is not an edit from man: Some days we need to read blogs! (I’m so thankful that you do!) We read books, podcasts, tweets, messages, watch videos, we consume information all day long, all of it coming from man and their interpretation, their viewpoint. But today and every day you need a word from God.
It is from God through the Holy Spirit: Delving into the Bible is to move into the real stories of people’s lives. People like you and me who are speaking and yet it is God through the Holy Spirit who is speaking through the prophetic message written down and the prophetic message spoken out even today. How much we all need God to speak to us!
The Bible speaks today.
Missions Paul 