Day 318: Psalm 119:113-110, Proverbs 16:19-21, Luke 8, Ezekiel 8-9

Take Every God's Words as Spoken To Us

A story was told of a wealthy Chinese businessman visited England and was fascinated by a powerful microscope. So he bought one and thoroughly enjoyed using it until one day when he looked at some rice that he was planning to eat for dinner. To his shock, he saw tiny living creatures crawling in it. He didn’t know what to do, since rice was a staple of his diet. Finally, in frustration, he smashed his microscope to bits. It had revealed something distasteful to him, so he destroyed the source of the discovery! God's Words are meant to illumine God's ways to us (Luke 18:16) and to expose the sinfulness of the human heart (verse 17). This explains why some reject God's Words and hide from the Light in order not to expose the foulness of our human heart. Let us take heed not to run away from God's Words! The Puritan pastor, Thomas Watson, said concerning the Scriptures, “Take every word as spoken to yourselves. When the word thunders against sin, think thus: ‘God means my sins;’ when it presses any duty, ‘God intends me in this.’ https://twitter.com/EstherOngHC (please click this link to the twitter to view a visual).