If anyone hears what I am saying and doesn't take it seriously, I don’t reject him. I didn't come to reject the world; I came to save the world. But you need to know that whoever puts me off, refusing to take in what I’m saying, is willfully choosing rejection. The Word, the Word-made-flesh that I have spoken and that I am, that Word and no other is the last word. I’m not making any of this up on my own. The Father who sent me gave me orders, told me what to say and how to say it. And I know exactly what his command produces: real and eternal life. That’s all I have to say. What the Father told me, I tell you.
John 12:47-50 The Message
I thank God for those people in our lives who speak truth to us no matter what. We know that we can believe whatever comes out of their mouth. In today's idiom, we can 'take it to the bank.' Their words are gold.
Isn't it great to have friends like that? Even if sometimes they say things we don't like, we still know that what they're saying is true. We believe them and we can take action based on their word. Regular folks with skin on. Good as gold - take my word for it.
So then that begs the question, If the Creator of Heaven and Earth, Almighty God, King of kings, and Lord of lords, tells us something - even goes so far as to write it down - how is it that we have a hard time believing what He says?!? Jesus tells us that He only speaks what the Father tells Him to speak. That would be the Father - God - the same God who CANNOT lie... and yet, oftentimes we respond to His Word and His promises as though they were counterfeit. As if there's no weight behind them, so then we don't take action based on His Word. We don't believe His promises made to us.
We don't take His Word for it...
Prayer:
Father,
Forgive us for willfully choosing rejection. This day we repent and turn our hearts and minds toward You only and what You have to say to us. We want to take Your Word for everything. Let all other words fall on deaf ears. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen
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