OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVES

In Titus 1:1 Paul shares that he is a servant of God according to the "acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness." The word "acknowledging" means far more than having a knowledge of the truth. It speaks of truth that powerfully influences our day-to-day lives. That's what we want, isn't it?

It is knowledge that produces the fruit of godliness in our lives (2 Peter 1:2-8). It is knowledge that keeps us from the pollutions of this world (2 Peter 2:20). It is knowledge that releases us into God's perfect will (Ephesians 1:17-19). It is knowledge that causes us to mature and grow into the image of Christ (Ephesians 4:13-15). It is knowledge that causes us to walk worthy of the Lord and to do that which is pleasing in His sight (Colossians 1:9-12).

Ask God to work His truth into your life so that it doesn't stay in the Bible on our shelf, or even in your head, but works its way out through your hands and feet, through your words, and through your smiles. Ask God to work His truth into the lives of your children. This sure takes a lot of prayer, doesn't it? But this is what God wants. He wants His Word to not only be in their heads, but in their mouths and lives.

Isaiah 59:21 (HCSB) says, "'As for Me, this is My covenant with them,' says the Lord: 'My Spirit who is on you, and My words that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouth of your children, or from the mouth of your children's children, from now on and forever,' says the Lord."

Blessings from Nancy Campbell