The Word of God Your Guide


Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Ps. 119:105.If we would work wisely and intelligently, our human passions, ourhereditary and cultivated tendencies, must be brought under the controlof a higher and more commanding generalship than human ability. . . . "Cease to do evil; learn to do well." This is the lesson everyone shouldlearn day by day. The training due to one's self comes first. Theinfluence exerted by a life of strict integrity will be a continualeducation to others. Those who are restrained and guided by the moraland religious principles plainly laid down in God's Word walk inaccordance with the mind and will of God, who is too wise to err and toogood to do us harm.If you would walk wisely, walk in the way of God's commandments. TheWord of God you have in your keeping, right at hand. This Word is soplain that none need go astray unless they allow themselves to be led bytheir hereditary and cultivated tendencies to wrong. Your Redeemer metSatan's treacherous advances with the words, "It is written," and withthe imperative command, "Get thee behind me, Satan." I counsel you toreceive with meekness the engrafted Word, which is able to save yoursoul. The Word of God is your haven. It is a tower of strength, intowhich you may run and be safe. . . . The earnest, sincere searcher for truth will not mistake truth forerror. The Word of God is the bread of life, of which all may partakeand obtain eternal life. Error is falsehood and deception. Those whopartake of it must suffer in consequence, as did Adam and Eve in Eden.It is the privilege of all to search with prayerful, eager interest forthe truth. Truth is the tree of life, the leaves of which the humanfamily are to eat and live.Those who try to interpret the Word according to their own ideas, whoread it in accordance with their opinions, will never see the truth, andwill die in their sins. Those who eat of the forbidden tree acceptSatan's fallacies in the place of "Thus saith the Lord," and unless theyrepent, they will never gain that life which measures with the life ofGod. As did Adam and Eve, they exclude themselves from the tree of life,the fruit of which perpetuates immortality. . . . We are living amid the solemnities of the judgment. Our souls should befilled with awe, for we are in God's presence continually. Each one mustdecide for himself whether he will obey and live or disobey and perish.To those who obey, the Word of God is the tree of life. It is the wordof salvation, received unto eternal life.From Devotional: Our Father Cares, p. 263.