Daily Devotional: Friday, August 28

Speaker: Ben Sigman

Theme: Let Go and Let God

Weekend Music links on iTunes: Majestic by Lincoln Brewster; Sing, Sing, Sing by Chris Tomlin; How Can I Keep From Singing by Chris Tomlin; Wonderful Maker by Chris Tomlin.

Read: 2 Peter 2:1-3

Think: My email inbox is full of forwarded emails about everything from political issues, celebrity gossip to the late breaking news of the day... Much of it seems real and can sound so true! But then I check the information source or visit a website like Snopes and quickly realize it was a hoax or an outright lie being passed around to defame or discredit. It's kind of embarrassing when I get caught believing (or forwarding) something only to discover it's not true.

The same thing can happen when it comes to issues of faith. Have you noticed there are a lot of false things being circulated out there about God and about following Him? As we cover a few of those myths over these weeks at church I just keep thinking how serious we need to be about our pursuit of God's truth and about discovering His heart.

God has given us what we need to know what is true:

• His Holy Spirit to help us discern: "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever -- the Spirit of truth....he lives with you and will be in you" John 14:16-17b.
• His Word to guide us: "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers." Psalms 1:1-3.
• Godly, educated people to provide wise counsel and leadership: "It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up" Ephesians 4:10-12

The Christian truth is the truth of God, through Jesus Christ the Living Word. This truth is our weapon against lies and falsehood. Through the tools God gives we can discern and decipher truth from the lies that circulate around us and then set the record straight.

Do: Tap into each of the tools God gives and seek His truth. Be diligent in checking what you read, hear, or overhear.

Pray: God, I pray that Your truth would shine like a light in a dark room. Show me what is real, and protect me from being misled or derailed from what is right. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.  

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