Many churches throughout the world use a Bible reading schedule called a "lectionary." It's just a fancy word meaning "selected readings." Posts like this reflect on the readings for an upcoming Sunday or other Church holiday, as found in the historic one-year lectionary.
It's a constant temptation, at least to me, to engage in disputes with those whom Psalm 43 would call the "ungodly people" (v. 1). These disputes normally go nowhere, but they can go there really fast. In all the noise, we forget that the Lord God is the one who has the truth (v. 3).
What if the other side wins the argument? God is not defeated. He is still the one who possesses the truth. Rather than become dejected, we find God as our joy.
Our arguments in this world are not the ultimate issue. 1 Peter 1:25 says that all the things of this world will pass away but that God's word endures forever. This is our hope and our joy.
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