Right Handling of the Word of Truth

2 Timothy 2:15

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

The Bible is the infallible Word of God.  The Bible is a repository of God's truth.  The truth is held there for us to absorb and apply to our lives.  But we have to persistently study the Word of God to find the truth.  Or as the scripture indicates, we must rightly handle the word of truth.  To rightly handle the word of truth requires study and hard work.  It is good work but it does require industry, diligence and application.

It is work that cannot be done without the grace of God.  The grace of God is extended to us as we strive to arm ourselves with the truth.  His grace provides the Holy Spirit to insure our understanding of His Word and to show us how to apply it to our lives.  Keenly aware of our need for His truth in our lives, Our Heavenly Father encourages us with the promise of comfort through our struggles when we seek His truth.  He then delivers on His promises by comforting us as He shines divine enlightenment on our lives even when we are going through the darkest of times.

Through yet another extension of His grace, He will use us to comfort others as we have been comforted.  We will find this play out in every area of our lives.  When we struggle with anything, we might as well look around because there will be someone near us who is struggling with the same thing.  As the Holy Spirit directs changes in our lives through the application of God's Word, we should prepare ourselves to comfort others with what we have learned and experienced.  As we receive revelation, we should be alert to passing the truth on to others in need.  It is all a part of rightly handling the truth.

Let us build ourselves up through the diligent study and application of God's Holy Word in our lives.  Let us look to comfort others with the divine comfort and inspiration that we have received through our right handling of His truth.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You that Your Word is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, constantly drawing us to the way, the truth and the life that is in Your Son, Jesus.  We thank You that Your Word enlightens us and comforts us in our struggles.  We pray, Father, that the Word that we have received from You will be at work within us.  May that good work in us pour forth, as we become founts of the Living Truth for the thirsty that surround us.  We ask all these things in the name of the True Light and the Truth, Jesus Christ.