Every Word is True

I think it was to the day - one year ago - I was walking from my car into the house late one night. I remember hearing the voice of the Lord. That comforting, still, small voice I've come to know and adore. He said, "Look up."

In the split second it took for me to process this call from Him to me, I expected to look up to the sky and see a beautiful star-lit sky or a glorious full moon or something that shows His glory. Nope. I looked up to the sky with all of that expectation, and it was just black. It was a really cloudy night, and I could hardly even see the moon...

The voice of the Lord is not audible. It's like a thought that comes into my mind that I just know is not of me. What a hard thing it is to explain the voice of the Lord. But when you know Jesus, you spend time with Him, read His word, pray, and you keep your heart in a place of full surrender to Him, you will know this beautiful voice.

I came into the house a little bit discouraged. I thought I knew the Lord's voice. Was it just me thinking that thought, and not actually Him speaking to me? There was nothing in that sky to see that He would ask me to look up, but I really truly thought it was Him. I couldn't shake the thought for a while.

Then, down in the depths of my heart, I heard Him speak again... "The stars are still in the sky tonight. You can't see them, but they are there in all of their sparkling beauty. Even when circumstances cloud your view of  Me, I AM STILL WITH YOU."

Yes. That is my Jesus.

Last night we were driving home from Syracuse, and I talked long. I was processing. The Lord has had me searching my own heart lately to really find what I actually believe, versus what I just say I believe. Of course I believe Jesus died for my sins and has forgiven me, creating a way for me to enter heaven. Do I really believe that He created all of the galaxies and the planets and still chooses to dwell within my sin-filled heart? Do I really believe that a donkey spoke to a disobedient man... and then the man answered him back?  If I only believe some pieces of the Bible, and not the entire thing, I am calling God a liar. I really had to search my own heart.

I came to this conclusion: IT'S ALL TRUE. Every. Last. Word.

So last night, as I walked into the house from the car, I looked up to the sky. I guess I am a sky watcher. It was a gorgeous, star-lit, cloudless sky. I was hoping for a shooting star to maybe put a stamp on this faith question of mine. No shooting star. I was okay with that. I remembered my cloudy night and how the Lord spoke so beautifully to me.

Circumstances and miracles strengthen my faith, but His word satisfies my soul. Reading the Bible will keep my faith grounded, pure, and solid. To KNOW my God and to KNOW His ways are true, I need to keep my nose in the Book. He speaks so much more clearly when I am reading His words. He wrote it all FOR US!  There are no coincidences with Jesus. When I happen to read something that happens to apply to my day, I know it's on purpose. He has orchestrated eternity like a perfectly ordered puzzle. Every piece in place. Every word at the right time.

For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. 

Psalm 119:89

How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 

Psalm 119:103

Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. 

Luke 11:28

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 

2 Timothy 3:16