Scripture to Read: John 21:24–25
God used the Apostle John to give us God’s fourth Gospel. As God led John to close this book, we find this recorded in John 21:24–25: This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true. 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they *were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written. God had John solidify that he was the writer so there’d be no doubt that God used him to pen these words. God also had John confirm that everything he had written was true. Many people have questioned the validity of God’s Word over the centuries, but God has repeatedly proven that His Word is His and that His Word is Truth. What’s interesting is that God had John add that if everything Jesus did had been recorded, the world would not be big enough to contain all of the books it would take to have a full account of all that Jesus had done. So, we can rest in the fact that the sixty-six books God did give us are absolutely more than enough Truth from God to believe in Christ as Lord, walk in the fullness of Him, and obey our Lord through every area of our lives. We have no excuse for not knowing God’s will for our lives each day. We also have no excuse for not walking in full obedience to Him, so let’s be about Him and His will.
Challenge & Application
• How do we know that what God has given us in the sixty-six books of the Bible is more than enough to understand and follow Him?
• How are you deepening your intimacy with God and His Word to be a better-equipped disciple of His?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!