Trustworthy

2 Samuel 7:28
O Sovereign LORD , you are God! Your words are trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.


The reliability of Scripture is rooted in the reliability of God and His character. We often talk about how Scripture is God-breathed, and perfect, but I think we also hear a lot about how Scripture is tainted, and isn’t completely trustworthy - that’s it’s been "mistranslated." The truth is that God’s words are trustworthy, not in and of themselves, but because of the trustworthiness of the One who spoke them. It is not the words that are spoken, but the One who speaks them in which we believe and put our trust.

So, why don’t we take these words as being perfectly trustworthy? Why do we so often fall prey to our own logic, or the "intellect" of others? Do we trust God? Then we need to start living as though we do. We need to start living lives that reflect the foundations of our beliefs. Look at David and the life He lived. As a boy, he did not run away from Goliath. Logically, he should not have won that battle, but he didn’t listen to logic, or anyone else for that matter. If we look at those who had great faith, the lives they lived and the deeds they were a part of are so counter-intuitive that God’s hand is obvious. That is what I want in my life. Don’t you? Excitement and adventure - a life lived in faith!

These people listened to God alone, and that is exactly what you and I need to start doing. If He has promised us good things, then we need to live in expectation of those good things. Again, we put our trust not in words that are contained in the Holy Book, but our trust is in God, the One who speaks those words to our hearts and minds every time we read them.