The Wednesday Word 10.11.2023

 

Thessalonians 2:9-13 New Living Translation

9 Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you. 10 You yourselves are our witnesses—and so is God—that we were devout and honest and faultless toward all of you believers. 11 And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children. 12 We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you to share in his Kingdom and glory. 13 Therefore, we never stop thanking God that 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 on you who believe.

 

Always an avid reader, I enjoy just about every genre book I pick up. There were many books that have had a profound effect on my life. From Jane Eyre to Johnny Got His Gun, some books have taught me to look at the world through different eyes and see what kind of person I might become. However, there is one book that never fails to mystify and illuminate all at the same time. There is one book that continues to show me something new every time, no matter how many times that particular chapter may have been read in the past. There is one book that changes me and reveals to me just how much I need to learn. It is why it is known as “The Living Word.” Jesus said, “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come”(John 16:12-13). With the help of the Holy Spirit, we can receive encouragement, see what really needs to change and find meaning for our lives. God will help us to learn what we need to know

as we are able to “bear it.” All we have to do is pick up The Good Book…something to pray about.

 

Don’t forget to look for the Lord today. Vicki H. 















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