What news are you reading this morning?

Matthew 5:18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. (ESV)

What is the Bible to you? What does it mean to you? Is it a history book, a book of prophecy, a storybook, an outdated book not relevant to today, a book that is evolving…..it is hard for me to pen how some people view God’s living Word to us. The Bible is the story of mankind, creation, fall, and redemption. The Bible has a way to speak to our hearts that none other can because no other book has been written by God to do a work in our hearts. The Bible is a book of absolute truths, and the scripture above confirms that. The Bible is not adaptive such as different religions teach their “bibles” are; we cannot conform or deny what we find in there to fit our current situation. We either conform to the truth found there, or we deny them in any variety of ways, denying truth and denying God. We will all answer, we all will bow, we all will give an account for how we treated God’s Word on Judgement Day.

The Bible is a book of prophecy, a book of the proof of God’s sovereign hand over his creation and the plans he has to restore it to paradise, free from sin. The Bible tells us all what our future holds as a measure of our faith in it. How we live our lives is a reflection of it. The passage before this scripture of how truth will be fulfilled, tells us how to live in the understanding of that revelation. Jesus was beginning his great Sermon on the Mount here. 13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. 14 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. The more time we spend daily in the Bible, the more we emulate Christ, the more we reflect the truths we read there. The world seeks to darken our light; surely you see the evil amongst us every day. The Bible recharges us to face the day as disciples of Christ, shouting from the mountaintops what God has shown us there. Matthew 10:27 “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. The Lord commands you to speak the truth in the face of evil, to not fear what to say for He will give you the words, to be the salt of the earth.

I openly struggle with anxiety; I have labeled it my “thorn in the flesh” as the apostle Paul called his demonic battle. Just as Paul, God is allowing it, and just as Paul He is using that demon to remind me of how much I need him daily. The battle is fought in the mind, in a spiritual warfare that I cannot see, but can feel. The only weapon that I have is the Word of God. The only true weapon you have to fight your struggles is the Bible. True change is found in a humble heart that seeks the One found there. Seek God for your struggles today, for Truth today, and go out into where he has placed you today and share what he laid on your heart. You may be the only Bible someone else has ever read, until God pursues their heart and they open it up for themselves.