"Every Word of God"

"You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?"  (Luke 12:56)

If I walk in an attitude of, "Well, I know that," or, "I've heard that before," and, hence, don't read, observe, listen, we will not be able to correctly, "....discern this time", or any "time."  Discernment in life is not a "natural" gift, no matter what anyone may say.  If I am to, "....discern this time", I need to be walking in Jesus' Words.

Take notice of some of the paragraph headings for Luke 12:

    Beware of Hypocrisy:                                       1-3

    Jesus Teaches the Fear of God:                     4-7

    Confess Christ Before Men:                           8-12

    The Parable of the Rich Fool:                        13-21

    Do Not Worry:                                                  22-34

    The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant: 35-48

    Christ Brings Division:                                    49-53

    Discern the Time:                                             54-56

    Make Peace With Your Adversary:                57-59

I often wonder just how seriously Christendom takes our Lord Jesus' teachings, commands, warnings.  Luke 12, as with all of, "the Words of God," are reflections of, "The Word of God," Himself.  Jesus' Words are His "autobiography."  This is Jesus, "The Light of the world."  Not only during the time of His appearing in the Galilee during the First Century CE, but all throughout the Bible, what we observe is Words revealing just what the Godhead intends for humanity, not just Jews or Christians.  The revelation of Jesus is the only, "Light of the world."  And, remember that He tells us, "You are the light of the world."  Only "walking" in Jesus and His Words can this be His, "Light."

I submit to you today that each day of our lives there are "Wonderful Words of Life" for you and me in the Scriptures, life-changing, empowering, correcting Words.  A danger in reading a book so often is to find your mind wondering when reading those familiar passages.  Our Lord has been helping me not to do this.  As a result, I am reading and "hearing" new, yes, I mean "new" things from our Lord.  I highly recommend it.

Father, in Jesus' Name, Indeed, Your Words are, "alive and active."  Amen.

When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"

Hebrews 12:2