Today's Passage: 1 Kings 13-14
Who, or what, do you trust? Stop for a second and think about the things that you would not question. Are their people that you would believe without a second thought? What about the media...do you believe everything you read or see on television? What about the government? In this day and age, we've been raised to question everything...there are only a few, select people that we would believe no matter what they say.
In our story today, we see a man of God who is trusting in the Word of the Lord...do not eat or drink in Bethel! Even when the king says, "come to my house and eat", he declines. But his downfall comes when he believes the word of another "prophet" who lies about his own word from God. Instead of listening to God himself, he trusts an untrustworthy person and heads down the road to an unhappy meeting with a lion.
We know we can trust the word of God. We know that the Bible contains truth that is everlasting. We know God will always stay true. That's why it is so important that we are personally seeking God's word every day! We need to hear His truth, not just the rehashing of truth from others. We need to be able to test what we hear and compare it to the truth that will not change! History is full of people who trusted someone else's interpretation of truth and met an untimely demise...not just this story! Are you seeking God's truth and following it above all else?
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