“THE WORD!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 623

March 21, 2023

I want to share with you this story that you may or may not have heard. If you are familiar with it, it is worth rereading and then we will discuss the truth is shows us!

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A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.

Curious, and somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man’s name embossed in gold.

Angry, he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?”. and stormed out of the house!

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realized his father was very old and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.

Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father’s important papers and saw the still gift-wrapped Bible, just and he had left it years ago.

With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully underlined a verse, Matthew 7:11, “If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!”.

As he read those words, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.

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How many times do we miss God’s Blessings because we do not know or care to know what His word says. We are filled with our own desires!

What amazing Blessings and fellowship with the Father, we miss when we do not realize the Power, Strength, Truth, and Authority in God’s Word!

Colossians 3:16 (KJV)
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Do you desire to be filled with wisdom, make right decisions, and loving God from the depths of your being?

You must know the Word of God that is pure truth. It is our guidebook to the truth of why we are hear on this earth and it satisfies that longing in our hearts that nothing else can satisfy!

2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Proverbs 30:5 (KJV)
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

How can we know the way He wants us to live each day, the right decisions we need to make along the way if we do not know the life that flows from the Words of Truth found on the pages of the Bible that He wants to write on our heart!

Psalm 119:105 (KJV)

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Psalm 119:89 (KJV)

For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

Ephesians 3:20-21 (KJV)
²⁰ Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
²¹ Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

“MORE WORD, MORE POWER!”

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Father, thank you for your word, that is powerful and teaches us the right way and fills us with Truth and Righteousness! Forgive us when we do not spend time each day letting your word settle our spirits and give us abundant Peace and Joy! In Jesus name I ask you to stir up within each of us the desire for your word! When your word is alive in us, we are strong in our Faith and full of power! Amen

Know the truth of the Word!

Love, MeMaw