SEPTEMBER 23, Isaiah 40:21-22

If you believe the world is flat today, people will laugh at you. They may ask what school you attend for if such a school teaches such a wrong notion, these people will not send their children there. However, do you know that for a few thousand years, most people believed the earth was flat?

Had these people read the 2 verses you read, and believed them, they would know the earth is not flat but round! You see, there were many people in the past, and still many today, who believe the Bible is an outdated book written by a group of men who came together to try to mislead weak minded people into believing a person called Jesus. Nothing can be further from the truth. Though man has tried countless times to destroy and discredit the Bible, the Precious Word of God has stood firm and undaunted.

Dear child, there is much gain from reading and believing in the Bible. Unfortunately, it is not popular to read the Bible or go to Sunday School. Your friends may laugh at you, jesting that there is enough to read from school work. “Forget about the Bible!”, they may tell you. And they laugh at you for going to Sunday School or Junior Worship. “Isn’t going to school five days a week already enough?”, some of them may scoff at you.

What do you do in times like these? Three things. Firstly, do not be angry with these friends or schoolmates. These people do not need our anger, they need our compassion and understanding. Secondly, we need to pray for them that God will be merciful to open their spiritual eyes to see spiritual truth. Thirdly, we pray for ourselves that God will grant us the courage to continue to treasure His Word, that we may press on in our Christian walk.

Thought: The Holy Word is never wrong, but the world often is!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for giving me Your precious Word. May I continue to treasure it by reading and obeying it daily. You know it is sometimes not easy to do so and therefore Heavenly Father, do grant me strength. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.