Devotional – God’s Tools

Devotional

Big picture The word of God is a powerful tool!

• Q: What is your favorite tool? (e.g. hammer, pliers, saw).
• Q: But, did you know that the written word is also a tool? In fact, it is one of the most powerful tools.
• Q: Have any of you read a schoolbook or website article that taught you how to do something new?
• What you read made you smarter and more powerful (capable) than you were before reading it.
• So, the words you read were a tool because they helped you, like a shovel is a tool to help you dig.
• We think of tools as only being shovels or hammers, but books are tools, too, and so is fire.
• Q: How can fire be a tool? (cooking, heating, warmth, cleansing the forest of dead wood)
• Tools are very valuable in life. They make us able to do certain tasks.
• The Bible is a very valuable tool in a Christian’s life.
  • It teaches us about God and what the Kingdom of Heaven is like.
  • It gives us direction in life.
  • It shows us how to treat others.
  • It teaches us history.
  • It shows us how to save ourselves and other people from hell.
  • It tells us wrong from right. And so much more!!!!!
• The Bible is the word of God, and so it is an amazingly powerful tool! It’s even more amazing in a sad way that so few people actually read it. Just think how much better the world would be.
• When we do what God says in the Bible, it makes us able to do the tasks we are supposed to do.
• In the teaching verse, the Lord, speaks through the prophet Jeremiah to tell us that His word (the Bible) is a powerful tool like a fire. Think of how big & powerful a raging fire is. And yet, you can hold a Bible in your hand. And that verse says the Bible is like a sledgehammer that breaks rocks. Think about that. I hope you never look at your Bible the same way again without thinking about how powerful it is.