Upper Room Daily Devotions ~ Thursday, 24 October 2013 ~ “What We Know Is True” ~ READ: 2 Timothy 3

Upper Room Daily Devotions ~ Thursday, 24 October 2013 ~ “What We Know Is True” ~ READ: 2 Timothy 3:10 But you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, steadfastness, 11 persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. The Lord delivered me out of them all. 12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Messiah Yeshua will suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them. 15 From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Messiah Yeshua. 16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and* profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.(Messianic WEB)All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.(2 Timothy 3:16 (NRSV))

Recently, I flew to a small town in Alaska — a beautiful land of snow, ice, moose, and bear. I had hoped it would be a clear day so I could see a glacier or two or maybe a herd of moose or caribou. Instead, it was snowing, and the dark grey day offered little visibility. The plane was small, with no door between us and the pilots. As I looked up where the pilots sat, I realized that for the entire flight they could not see anything through their windshield. Instead, they relied on their instruments to guide our flight. I could not help but think about how we act and react when we are going through the storms and turmoil of life and cannot see the future. When we cannot see how we are going to make it, we can trust what we know to be true: God is with us. God hears our prayers, sees our tears, and wants to guide us. Just as those pilots could not see what was ahead of them, we can’t see the future; but we can trust the guidance we find in God’s word.(The Author ~ Andy Baker (Tennessee, USA))

Thought for the Day: We can face the future because God is there.

Prayer: Thank you, God, for the truth you reveal to us in your word. Thank you for Jesus, who brought your truth to life. Amen.

Prayer Focus: Pilots

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