Look Inside The Word

Matthew 4:4: “… ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”

A MAN was in prison and was in need of some money. He wrote his mother and asked her to send five hundred dollars immediately. Soon after, he got a package in the mail. It was a Bible. On the top of the Bible, there was a letter that said, "Son, I love you. Pray and read your Bible." The man was ticked off. He got on the phone and called his mother. "Mama, I appreciate the Bible, but what I need right now is five hundred dollars." She told him over the phone, "Son, pray and read your Bible." He got more ticked off and hung up on his mother.

He then wrote a letter. "Mother, I know you believe in God, but that's the problem with you Christians. You are so heavenly minded that you don't know how to function in the real world. When I need five hundred dollars, I don't need a Bible. I need a check or five greenbacks! If I need money, don't send me a Bible and tell me to pray!"He got a letter back that said, "Son, pray and read your Bible."He was so irritated at his mother, that for the six months he was in jail that Bible stayed in the corner.

After a long while, he finally got out. His mother was there to meet him. He could hardly speak to her. "Mama, you let me down. I needed you as my mother and you let me down." She said, "What do you mean, son?" "I wrote you. I called you. I begged you for five hundred dollars and every time you gave me this same old line to pray and read my Bible." "Well, son, did you pray and read your Bible?" "Yeah, I prayed and read my Bible, and I'm still as broke now as I was when you told me the first time to pray and read my Bible."

"Son, do you have your Bible?" He reached in his bag and he handed her the book. "Son, let me ask you one more time. Did you pray and read your Bible?" "Yes, Mama. I told you I prayed and read my Bible." "Son, you neither prayed nor read your Bible." She opened up the Bible and at every major divisional section within the text, there was a hundred-dollar bill taped inside of it. If the boy would have just read his Bible he would have understood that the thing he was looking for was in the text. Because he didn't take seriously the Word of God, what the Word of God had to offer he never received.

The aforementioned story is emblematical of the lives of many a believer. Although the Bible is packed with promises, there are Christians who will never enjoy those benefits—simply because of their unwillingness to “crack open their Bibles.” As believers, our success or failure depends upon our application (or the lack thereof) of God’s Word. Jesus taught that The Word of God is our “lifeline.” During His Temptation, He proved His Dependence on the Written Word when He quoted Deuteronomy 8:3 during His Trial: “… ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” (Matthew 4:4, NKJV)

Let’s believe The Lord that we’ll have faith in The Word of God like we never have.

Let’s Pray: “Father, give us an unwavering faith in Your Word, in Jesus’ Name, amen.”

Daily Prayer: “Oh, that You would bless me indeed,

and enlarge my territory,

that Your hand would be with me,

and that You would keep me from evil,

that I may not cause pain!”

The Prayer of Jabez, I Chronicles 4:10



Daily Confession:

Father, I thank You for making me the head and not the tail

Above only and not beneath

The lender and not the borrower

The conqueror and not the conquered



I thank You for giving me all things that pertain unto life and godliness

And for delivering my life from death and destruction

So that I shall live and not die to declare your works



I thank You that no sickness shall live in my body

For by Your Stripes I'm healed

I confess that I will not be stressed, oppressed, or depressed

Because You're keeping me in perfect peace as my mind is stayed on Thee



I confess that I will not be distracted, disorganized, or in disarray,

but I will be diligent to what God has called me to do



I confess that there shall not be any lack in my life

For my God shall supply all my needs according to His Riches in Glory by Christ Jesus

Thank You that all things are working together for my good

And that You always cause me to triumph



This is the day that you have made

I will rejoice and be glad in it

In Jesus, Name, amen.