Today’s Scripture: Acts 17:11, NLT- “And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.”
Who defines truth for you? Is it the opinions of family and friends, social media, news organizations, the government, or the word of God? We all must be careful of where we seek the truth. Reading truth from any other source than the holy scriptures is more than dangerous.
Information overload and sensory overload causes most of us to be, well, overloaded and lazy-minded. Our cups are full of too much useless information and happenings. We may know what someone ate for breakfast or see pictures from their latest vacation, but we do not take the time to read the scriptures day after day to see where truth and a full life lives.
We must have minds and hearts that desire to know God’s truth. We must be very careful as to where we seek truth. Many social influencers are non- believers. There are many writers of confusion that can cause a crisis of faith. We must fill ourselves with the truths of The God who made the world and everything in it. He is the Lord of heaven and earth as Paul references in Acts 17:24.
With the massive amount of information available to us today we must be careful not to fall into the traps as the Athenians and the foreigners mentioned in Acts 17:21 where all they did was talk about and listen to the latest ideas. There are no new ideas when it comes to faith. Read and re-read the scriptures and experience the living word of God.
If we are simply open-minded, our minds may become filled with all things contrary to the truth. We should allow God to define truth and not our understanding of truth. We must return day after day. So that we come to know God and realize how intimately He knows our every moment.
We must be mindful that just as in the days of Bereans, we still have agitators, writers, and speakers that stir up the people with falsehoods. Whether in the church or the marketplace we must continue to seek and share God’s Word. We cannot share what we have not received. We should only tell others the good news about Jesus and the resurrection that we have read in Scriptures. Our opinions and the opinions of others are unnecessary and dangerous.
If we want to be all we were designed to be we must read what God Himself, who gives everyone life and breath and everything else, has provided for us. In God’s Word we find what He has appointed for us. God has blessed the Holy Scriptures so that all who seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him will find Him. He is a lot closer to us than we realize as Paul promised in Acts 17:27.
In Acts 17:28 we are told that “For in Him we live, and move, and have our being. Do you want to live your life to the fullest? Go to God’s Scriptures day after day. Open the bible today and see what God has to say to you.
Today’s Prayer: Almighty God, You made the world and everything in it and You are the Lord of heaven and earth. Thank You for the Scriptures You have provided to us through Your faithful servants. Help draw our hearts, minds, and souls to Your Word. Please guard our hearts, minds, and souls from those who hope to agitate and cast doubt. Welcome us into Your Holy Word and fill us with Your truths that define and guide us to who we are to be. In the powerful name of Jesus, we are praying. Amen.
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