Today's encouragement comes from 1 Samuel 15:1b, where we read these words:
" . . . Now therefore, heed the voice of the words of the LORD.”The prophet Samuel's phraseology (above) to King Saul is interesting. The "words of the Lord" are words that are "voiced" by God. We are reminded of 2 Tim. 3:16a, where Paul wrote: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God [or, is God-breathed].”
The inscripturated word of God, then, when it is preached, or even spoken (as it was by Samuel, in the verse above), has pungent power that "breaks the cedars," and cracks the stony hearts of man into pieces. Let all faithful churched Christians "heed the voice of the words of the Lord" today. As we do so, we will glorify Christ, and we will benefit ourselves and everyone around us.
[Puritan quote of the day: "God is best worth thinking on. Is there any excel-lency in the world? Then what is there in the God who made it?” —Thomas Watson, in, "The Great Gain of Godliness"]
