A RELIABLE WORD

Proverbs 30:5 “Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.”

As Christians, the reason that we lose so often when we battle temptation is because we don’t know who we are. The reason that we don’t know who we are is because we are getting our identity from the wrong place. Everyone originally gets their sense of self, their sense of identity from society. Its part of a process called socialization. We gain our sense of self from the way others view us.

When we get our identity from the way other people view us, we are guaranteed to end up confused as to who we truly are. One person might say that I am smart; another might say that I am stupid. One person might say that I am beautiful; another might say that I am ugly. One person might say that I am funny; another that I am boring. And we get mixed reviews about ourselves from the people that we encounter and we end up being confused, insecure, and unsure of ourselves.

The question, “Who am I?” is a question that everyone asks themselves at some point in their life. It is a question that desperately needs to be answered. Your understanding of who you are determines how you live your life

The truth is: The only one who knows you well enough to teach you who you really are is not your parents, not your friends, but your creator. The one who made you is the only one that knows you well enough to teach you who you really are. Unfortunately, you cannot sit down with him as though he were human and interview him and get him to teach you about who he made you to be, but fortunately for us, he has given us a manual in which we can learn about our identity. Everything that you will ever need to know about life and godly living is found in this book.

For this reason, more bibles are sold per year than any other book on the planet. But, this is no ordinary instruction book for living. Remember in Genesis when it said that God spoke into the nothingness and the nothing became the something that he spoke? Remember, he said, “Let there be light,” and BAMM there was light. Those were some power packed words. That is the word of God. Remember when Lazarus was dead for three days and Jesus came to the tomb and told them to roll away the stone? What did he do? He spoke, “Lazarus, come forth.” and instantly, Lazarus came forth. He spoke life into death and the death became life. Those were some powerful words. That’s the word of God. Holy Scripture contains some powerful words. When you begin to get hungry and continually apply your mind with the help of the Holy Spirit to understand the scriptures, you will see God do mighty things in your life.

Do you want to continually be victorious over sin and temptation in your life? You have got to know who you truly are. One of the greatest ways to know who you truly are is to go to God and have him teach you through is word. Get hungry for the word to illuminate your life. Allow God’s words to define you. Let it set the course for your life. It will never lead you astray.