THE COMFORT OF THE SCRIPTURES

OCTOBER 14, 2025

For whatsoever things were written 

aforetime were written for our learning, 

that we through patience and comfort of 

the scriptures might have hope

(Romans 15:4).

God cared so much about us that He gave us the 

Holy Scriptures as a personal document so that 

through the comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope. 

That’s why I love to study the Bible again and again. 

As I study, I find direction. I’m filled with hope. I look at the

future with great expectation. No matter what’s happening 

in the world, I’m focused on the Word. I set my face like 

a flint because I have hope through the comfort of the

Scriptures. 

The Bible has become for me a living thing, the living 

voice of Christ. For example, whenever I say, “Greater 

is He that is in me than he that is in the world,” I’m not 

just quoting a verse. I’m responding to a living voice that 

God gave me for my journey. He knows we don’t see Him 

physically every day. He knows the pressures we deal 

with and the times we wish He would visibly show up. But 

He gave us something even more dependable, His Word. 

He wants you to rely on His Word, for it never fails.

Isaiah 55:11 says, "So shall my word be that goeth forth 

out of my mouth; it shall not return unto me void, but 

it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall 

prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." Then in Matthew 

24:35, the Lord Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass 

away, but my words shall not pass away." 

This shows that God's Word is the most dependable 

foundation. Not one word from Him has ever failed or could 

ever fail as Joshua 21:45 affirms, "Not one word of all the

good promises which the Lord had made unto the house 

of Israel failed; all came to pass."

Furthermore, the Scriptures empower you to deal 

wisely in the affairs of life (Joshua 1:8 AMPC). That’s why

we emphasize meditating on the Word. Everything you’d 

ever be in your life is wrapped up in the Word. So, stay on 

the Word. Live by the Word. 

PRAYER

Dear Father, thank you for the blessing of the Scriptures, 

your living Word that guides, inspires and strengthens 

me. Through the comfort of the Scriptures, I have hope. I 

walk in wisdom, faith and bold expectation of a glorious 

future. Your Word is my daily light, and I live by its truth, 

in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:

2 Timothy 3:15-16; Joshua 1:8 AMPC; Psalm 119:105

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

1 Thessalonians 4:1-18 & Isaiah 59-60

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

John 5:33-47 & 1 Kings 21