On my shelf sits a New Testament that was given to me for Christmas when I was a child. Many things that I have owned in my lifetime no longer exist but ironically this bible seem to have stayed in my possession. I didn't intentionally save this bible, it just happen to hang around. The cover is well worn and if you look in the front of it you will see the drawings that appears to be that of a small child...me!I remember well those days of taking this bible and pretending that I was preaching to Mr. Bugs, Mr. Donald, and the rest of the stuff animal gang. (They were a rough bunch of overly stuffed animals.) I don't think any of them ever got saved, but they sure "got preached" the word! I felt a call on my life even then to preach the Word, but did not accept that calling until later in life.
In turning through this bible this morning reminiscing I noticed on the last page the words at the bottom imprinted "The End". Somewhere as a child I wrote beside it "No End". This morning in my devotion I was reminded of the scripture "Heaven and earth shall pass away but my words shall not pass away"(Matthew 24:35). I quickly grabbed a penned and wrote, "Definitely No End." The bible may be worn but the Word lives on. It never wears out. It is always relevant. When it goes forth it will not return void and it will accomplish what it was sent out to do.
"So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it" (Isaiah 55:11).
Many has tried to destroy, compromise, or discredit God's Word but it has and will always stand the test. You can count on the Word, it will help you during this life's journey that you are on. Paul instructs Timothy to "Study, to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (2 Timothy 2:15).
My prayer today is, "Lord help me to be diligent in studying your Word."
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