March 10th, 2026
God-Breathed
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” -2 Timothy 3:16
Am I the only one who’s a bit world-weary just now? I have long since stopped watching the news on TV. I pick up a few things here and there on the internet, and I pay close attention when something big is happening. But honestly, the day-to-day stuff is wearing me out. The constant fighting, the endless criticism, protest after protest. And to what end? Nothing changes meaningfully, and it just goes on and on. It’s actually getting a little boring. I’m a genuinely glass-half-full kind of person. I was just born like that. I’m an optimist by nature. I stand at the front door of my school on Monday mornings and greet students with hugs and fist-bumps and say stuff like, “Welcome to Monday! A whole new week of endless possibilities and opportunities!” I say it with a smile and I mean it, for real. I’m honestly not a Debbie Downer; not even close.
But this past week, something finally got to me. A certain Texas politician won the Senate primary in his state. And no, this is not about politics. I wouldn’t do that to you. What it is about is the published words that he has said concerning Scripture and what it teaches. When I read it for the first time, I literally felt my stomach turn. It made me angry. Many of you have read things that I have written before about the Word of God. There is nothing more precious to me, except Christ Himself, and He is the one revealed in the Bible. The Word is how we know about Him. Not by how we feel, not by what culture says, not by research or science, but by the revealed Word of the Lord. The word “inspired” literally means “God-breathed.” The ESV translates it as “breathed out by God,” but the meaning is all the same. The same God who breathed out stars and planets, who spoke the universe into existence, breathed and spoke the words in the pages of Scripture. To hear it twisted, perverted in such a way as I saw this week—it nearly crushed my spirit. After I got sick, I got angry. And then I got sad. And then, as I said, I just kind of got tired.
But I’m getting over it. For one thing, I have to. Believers can’t walk around all sick and mad and sad and tired. That’s for the people without hope. And we have hope, friends—a living hope; an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. We know that because that precious Word tells us so in 1 Peter 1:4. So, I have learned (or remembered) something this week: The Word of God has been around for a very long time. The Bible as we know it today has already stood the test of time. God protects and preserves the Scriptures, just as He will protect and preserve His people. I believe the time will come, if the Lord allows it and doesn’t return first, when this country will have only a righteous remnant of Christians. But however few they may be one day, they will remain. Whatever happens to governments and to leaders, to cities or even nations, the Church Herself will stand forever. In fact, she is the only thing that will.
My glass is filling again. I know that God is sovereign, and that no matter what else happens, Christ will reign for all eternity. And I will be with Him. How do I know that? The Bible says so.
Peace.
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” -2 Timothy 3:16
Am I the only one who’s a bit world-weary just now? I have long since stopped watching the news on TV. I pick up a few things here and there on the internet, and I pay close attention when something big is happening. But honestly, the day-to-day stuff is wearing me out. The constant fighting, the endless criticism, protest after protest. And to what end? Nothing changes meaningfully, and it just goes on and on. It’s actually getting a little boring. I’m a genuinely glass-half-full kind of person. I was just born like that. I’m an optimist by nature. I stand at the front door of my school on Monday mornings and greet students with hugs and fist-bumps and say stuff like, “Welcome to Monday! A whole new week of endless possibilities and opportunities!” I say it with a smile and I mean it, for real. I’m honestly not a Debbie Downer; not even close.
But this past week, something finally got to me. A certain Texas politician won the Senate primary in his state. And no, this is not about politics. I wouldn’t do that to you. What it is about is the published words that he has said concerning Scripture and what it teaches. When I read it for the first time, I literally felt my stomach turn. It made me angry. Many of you have read things that I have written before about the Word of God. There is nothing more precious to me, except Christ Himself, and He is the one revealed in the Bible. The Word is how we know about Him. Not by how we feel, not by what culture says, not by research or science, but by the revealed Word of the Lord. The word “inspired” literally means “God-breathed.” The ESV translates it as “breathed out by God,” but the meaning is all the same. The same God who breathed out stars and planets, who spoke the universe into existence, breathed and spoke the words in the pages of Scripture. To hear it twisted, perverted in such a way as I saw this week—it nearly crushed my spirit. After I got sick, I got angry. And then I got sad. And then, as I said, I just kind of got tired.
But I’m getting over it. For one thing, I have to. Believers can’t walk around all sick and mad and sad and tired. That’s for the people without hope. And we have hope, friends—a living hope; an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. We know that because that precious Word tells us so in 1 Peter 1:4. So, I have learned (or remembered) something this week: The Word of God has been around for a very long time. The Bible as we know it today has already stood the test of time. God protects and preserves the Scriptures, just as He will protect and preserve His people. I believe the time will come, if the Lord allows it and doesn’t return first, when this country will have only a righteous remnant of Christians. But however few they may be one day, they will remain. Whatever happens to governments and to leaders, to cities or even nations, the Church Herself will stand forever. In fact, she is the only thing that will.
My glass is filling again. I know that God is sovereign, and that no matter what else happens, Christ will reign for all eternity. And I will be with Him. How do I know that? The Bible says so.
Peace.
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