This post was written about March 2016...
Someone asked me last weekend who my favorite motivational speaker is? “Hmmmm....,” I said, “I don’t listen to very many motivational speakers. I would say my preacher, but he’s not a motivational speaker. He’s a TRUTH speaker.”
It can be a trap: Jesus being popular rather than a savior—being the genie in a bottle rather than the sacrificial lamb. That if you love Jesus, you will have health and wealth and if you don’t have those things, then you must be doing something wrong. That is not the Jesus I know.
I was so discouraged the other day. Sad. Having a hard time finding the light in the darkness. And I was rummaging around in my kitchen and glanced up to see this picture:
And then I saw on my refrigerator these two post-its:
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And I am reminded of the power of the Word of God: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).
What comfort in those moments. I encourage you, dear friend, to write the Word of God down, inscribe it in your mind, make it a constant reminder in your home, in your car, on your mirror when you wake up—be intentional about surrounding yourself with God’s grace and wisdom.
Seek the TRUTH--the pouring out of God’s intimate and loving Word—rather than filling your cup with the falsehoods of our ever-intruding culture.