The truth according to God

You have worn yourself out, asking for advice from those who study the stars and tell the future month after month. Go ask them how to be saved from what will happen. People who trust the stars are as helpless as straw in a flaming fire. ~ Isaiah 47:13-14 (CEV)

Nothing brings me greater happiness than to hear that my children are obeying the truth. ~ 3 John 1:4 (CEV)

KEY IDEA:

Obeying the truth according to God is the only worthwhile pursuit.

PRAYER:

Lord God, thank you for your instruction. You know this already, but sometimes I listen to people who have dubious qualifications. Their wisdom is second-rate. And what makes it worse is that I have access to your first-rate wisdom. But sometimes you tell me things that make me feel uncomfortable. Help me to look beyond the stars and the flakey silly things that people tell me. Help me to focus exclusively on your word and to make it my only pursuit -- even when it is uncomfortible. You are the only one worthy of my ear. I am going to turn it to you and you alone. Amen.