November 18, the piercing power of the Word.

For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit of joints and marrow,

and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 412,

The Word of God is our only hope.

The good news of God's promises and the warnings of his judgment are sharp enough and living enough and active enough to penetrate to the bottom of my heart and show me that the lies of sin are indeed lies.

Abortion will not create a wonderful future for me.

Neither will cheating or dressing provocatively or throwing away my sexual purity or keeping quiet about

dishonesty at work or divorce or vengeance. And what rescues me from this deception is the

Word of God. The Word of God's promise is like throwing open.

A great window of bright morning sunlight

on the roaches of sin masquerading as satisfying pleasures in our hearts.

God has chosen to give you his good news, his promises, his word, to protect you from the deep

deceptions of sin that try to harden your heart and lure it away from God and lead it to destruction. Be of good cheer in your battle to believe.

Because the Word of God is living and active and sharper

than any two-edged sword.

It will penetrate deeper than any deception of sin

has ever gone and reveal what is truly valuable

and what is truly worth trusting and loving.