II Timothy 1:5

II Timothy 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. When Paul came to Derbe, a Greek colony in Turkey, he heard of a believer named Timothy. Timothy was a respected young man from a good Christian family. Paul asked Timothy to join him in his missionary journeys and became his right-hand man. Several of the New Testament books were written by Timothy as Paul dictated them. Timothy was able to be a blessing to Paul because he had been taught by a Godly mother and grandmother. That sounds like some young-uns that I know! Someday, God may use you in the ministry too! And when He does, be sure to remember those sweet days learning from your mother and father the wonderful words of the Bible. Let’s see if Timothy and Paul can speak to us from twenty centuries ago!

Numbers 23:19

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? If God said it, it will happen! And you can count on that! God never changes, so God never changes His mind. That is why we can rely upon the Bible, the Word of God. If God said something, even many, many years ago, it is still true today. And it will still be true tomorrow! That is because God never changes. Sometimes people will tell a lie to get out of a mess. They have done something wrong and they have gotten caught. They lie to try to cover up their wrong. But God is perfect and never needs to get out of a mess. God never has to lie because He hasn’t ever done anything wrong! God is so much higher than us humans. We can trust God. He will never fail us!

Numbers 22:20

Numbers 22:20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. Israel was mopping up the Canaanites in the Promised Land, and those that were left were scared. Balaak was the king of the Moabites and he had an idea. He sent for the prophet of God and was going to pay him to curse Israel so that Moab would win. Balaam was reluctant, but God told him to go with Balak. But as Balaam rode his donkey to do the evil deed, the donkey refused to go. After beating the donkey three times, the donkey turned around and spoke to Balaam! The donkey said, “Haven’t I served you faithfully all of these years?” And as Balaam glanced ahead down the road, there was an mighty angel with a flaming sword just ahead. The donkey had seen the angel and had saved Balaam’s life! God told Balaam to go ahead and to take Balak’s money, but to speak a blessing instead of a curse upon Israel! Balak was furious when a blessing came out of Balaam’s mouth instead of a curse, but Balaam couldn’t help it. Balaam said, “I have to say what the Lord puts in my mouth. I belong to him – I am God’s prophet.” Hey, what about you? Do you belong to God? Do you speak God’s words to others? I hope so!