God Said it and That Settles it!

Sunday evening, July 13, 2008
It seems like it has been ages since I last offered my perspective (at least to me!) but I do have several good (I think) excuses: (1) I was out of town and away from my computer for several days; (2) My computer died, as in "grave yard dead"; consequently, I had to purchase another one and THEN get it up and running (which I may never do completely!); and finally (3) There have been some things going on in my life that took precedence over my writing. Oh well--
This morning my text was from 1 Peter 23-25, where Peter made it clear that the word of our God abides forever: "For all flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off, but the word of the Lord abides forever." I am certain that this means much more than I was able to communicate today but I did, hopefully, make this clear: When He speaks, His word (whatever He says) continues forever and ever--eternally, as a matter of fact! In other words (no pun intended), we can depend upon what God has said and we can do so throughout eternity. A word of caution: there is oftentimes a significant difference between what God said and what we think He said; consequently, we need to be sure we are depending upon what He said, not what we think He said. Just to be safe: Do not wander too far from the written Word!
As I was driving to GCF this morning, I remembered what God said in the first chapter of Genesis, specifically, "Let there be light!" Now I, obviously, cannot speak for you but I can tell you that, although I have wondered about most of what God has said, I have never wondered if that light would ever be extinguished. Never one time in my life have I been concerned that I would awaken one morning to find that that light had gone out, not once! Interestingly, the end result of that light being extinguished would be dire, very dire, but I never worry about having to experience those dire consequences. Sadly, I do worry sometimes (oftentimes, to be honest), if His grace will prove sufficient for me and what will happen to me if it doesn't; if His strength really be made perfect in my weakness and what I will do if it doesn't; if He will really never forsake me or leave me and what will happen to me if He should; if He really will supply all of my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus and how I will deal with life, if He should come up short--to mention a few.
I wonder why I put so much confidence in the light He created by His word and so little confidence in the promises He made by the very same word.