Reliable word
We humans are merely grass, and we last no longer than wild flowers.... Flowers and grass fade away, but what our God has said will never change. ~ Isaiah 40:6,8 (CEV)
Jesus says: The sky and the earth won’t last forever, but my words will. ~ Matthew 24:35 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God's message is a constant. It is not subject to change.
PRAYER:
Lord, you are totally reliable. You do what you say you are going to do -- although many times you don't treat us in the way your word says we deserve. I appreciate both your reliability and your grace. I place too much stock in things that are fleeting -- temporary. Grant me the wisdom to discern between that which is temporary and that which is eternally reliable. I am going to lean on you and your word. I pray in the name of Jesus who is your living word. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
