“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, and you say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets’” (Matthew 23:29-30).
This world gives lip service to whatever seems profitable at the time. Like the blowing wind, we are often in another place, honoring other things. The word of the Lord is eternal. He who created all things has given us His word and He speaks the truth. Do not fall for the pablum of this age which promotes feelings, but live into the absolute truth of eternity. God is the Lord of all.
Lord, I am often befuddled by the nonsense of this age. I fall into the pit of thinking as the world thinks. Lead me up and out of this muddled thinking to see more clearly the truth that You have proclaimed. Guide me in the truth that I may be freed from this world’s murderous way of influencing my thoughts. In the freedom You grant, show me the truth that I may think, live, and walk in the way of life instead of death.
Lord Jesus, You are the way, truth, and life. You have come to set me free from the bondage of sin and death. You have given me the ability to think. Help me to think clearly and walk in the way You have established. Guide me Lord in the way of truth. Teach me how to live life in such a way that I remain in the liberty of Your word. Keep me out of the pits of this age in order to live according to Your word. Amen.
