A Devotional Thought From Isaiah

The grass withereth, the flower  fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand forever.     Isaiah 40:8

Things grow, blossom, and die: grass withers, the petals fall from flowers and they fade. The grass and flowers are symbols of all life in this world. The greatest warriors, thinkers, scientists, etc. grow into their potential and eventually die. The wicked thousand year Reich of the Nazis was gone in 12 years. The pyramids recall the once powerful Egyptian dynasties, but they are gone. Babe Ruth, Muhammed Ali, Peter Sellers, and an unending list of former greats have come and gone. The theory of evolution keeps making pronouncements and scientific discovery continues to toss those same pronouncements on the ash heap of scholarship and inquiry.  Nothing is permanent except the word of God which will stand forever. Eternal truth is found in God’s word. His word is revealed in the Bible.

If you want to know what will last; what will be important and true when all other false words wither and fade you will find that in the Bible. How to reform a life, family, a nation, the world: it’s in the Bible. What God said was true when He first revealed it, and it will always be true. It will stand forever.