In 2 Chronicles 20: 20b we read, “Listen to me, 0 Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the Lord your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His Prophets (Speakers of His Words) and succeed.” Jesus says in John 7: 17, “If any man is willing to do His (God’s) will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from Myself.” In John 8: 47, Jesus also says, “He who is of God hears the Words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.” Jesus, through His spoken words, is endeavoring to have us recognize that He is speaking God the Father’s Words of life to us. Many, in His day and still today, do not accept God’s Words for their lives, and therefore fail to have the much needed Anchor which it is. By rejecting Jesus and His Words, they are actually rejecting their Heavenly Maker’s plan for their entire lives. Hosea 4: 6a says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” In order to be obedient to the Word of God, one must first know what it says. So many depend on hearing it from someone else, and do not know whether what they hear is accurate, because they havenot read the Word of God for themselves. Isaiah 55: 8a says, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, declares the Lord.” In order for us…
