Today’s Scripture Reading:

What you say goes, God,
      and stays, as permanent as the heavens.
   Your truth never goes out of fashion;
      it's as up-to-date as the earth when the sun comes up.
   Your Word and truth are dependable as ever;
      that's what you ordered—you set the earth going.
   If your revelation hadn't delighted me so,
      I would have given up when the hard times came.
   But I'll never forget the advice you gave me;
      you saved my life with those wise words.
   Save me! I'm all yours.
      I look high and low for your words of wisdom.
   The wicked lie in ambush to destroy me,
      but I'm only concerned with your plans for me.
   I see the limits to everything human,
      but the horizons can't contain your commands!   Psalm 119:89-96 (The Message Bible)

Maybe you received some words of advice that have stuck with you through the years.  They changed your life and kept you going.

In today’s reading, the psalmist speaks of God’s words of advice.  God saves our lives by such words.  We long for God’s words of wisdom, God’s plans for our lives so that we may live in them and live well.  There are lots of places to get words of advice, some for free and some you pay for, but all of them will pass away or out of favor.  God’s word, however, stays with you your whole life long.  Today, as you go about your day, ask God to speak to you so that you may hear.  And then, of course, listen for what God speaks to you.  God’s word is dependable, trustworthy and true.  And God gives the word in written form and also by speaking to each of us through the Holy Spirit.  Are you listening?  Do you hear what I hear?   Listen up!  Listen up, because that’s where life begins!  Amen!

Daily Devotional                                   “Thy Word is a lamp unto our feet.”

 

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