YOUR FINAL AUTHORITY

I am the Lord, I change not.
 
Malachi 3:6
 
The world's order of things is unsure and indefinite. Desperate words of uncertainty are crying out daily from radio, television and newspapers. Everything around us seems to be in turmoil.
 
But, praise God, if you're a believer you have something you can depend on: the unchanging Word of God!
 
God has no double standard. He doesn't say one thing today and something else tomorrow. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
 
If you will make the Word the final authority in your life, it will give you stability when everything else around you gives way. If you'll let what God says settle the issues of life, you'll be confident when others are confused, peaceful when others are under pressure. You'll be overcoming when others are being overcome!
 
What does it mean to make God's Word the final authority? It means believing what He says instead of believing what people say. It means believing what He says instead of what Satan says. It means believing what He says instead of what the circumstances say.
 
Determine in your heart to do that today. Make up your mind to live by faith, not by sight. Fearlessly commit yourself to the authority of God's Word and there won't be anything in this unstable world that can steal your security from you.
 
Scripture Reading:
Psalm 9:1-10
 
1 I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds!
 
2 I will rejoice in You and be in high spirits; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High!
 
3 When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before You.
 
4 For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging righteously.
 
5 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever.
 
6 The enemy have been cut off and have vanished in everlasting ruins, You have plucked up and overthrown their cities; the very memory of them has perished and vanished.
 
7 But the Lord shall remain and continue forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.
 
8 And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.
 
9 The Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation).
 
10 And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God’s Word and the right of their necessity].

Kenneth Copeland