2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

My wife comes from a different school of instruction in the Word of God. The glaring errors, while obvious to me, are not so obvious to her. We have been over one specific issue of error several times during the course of our marriage. My correction of those errors has not affectively removed the haunting stain which plagues her soul.

Recently the God of my salvation offered up a subtle if not puzzling “Hmmm” over something I had written. Yes it came from a trusted friend and the grace administered in the questioning said it needed further investigation. In the process I discovered the same flaw in myself that existed in my wife. I allowed flawed teaching to influence me unjustly. I also needed correction.

Do we sit and listen to those who sound knowledgeable without balancing their words against the Word of God itself? Blatant errors must not go unchallenged and there is a proper way to address those issues. A perfect understanding by an imperfect creature is impossible without the help of the author. God inspiration sets the Word on paper. God defined is the test of truth. We are human and as such prone to failed memory, misunderstanding, and outside influences by people we might admire.

Our admiration of a speaker does not make his or her words true.

Now I must undo the error in my own devotional. Correction has been sent but here is the thing and you need to ask yourself this. Is the correction offered the truth? Only God’s Word can tell you.

I begin the correction tomorrow.

Psalm 27:11a,b Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path,

While the path is under you, it is also before you. As Lot’s wife discovered, looking back is fatal. As you learn to trust the Lord because you are walking in His will, you will not have to worry about every footfall. Ultimately God’s approval is shown in caring about those things that God cares about. His plan for you will take you to those divine appointments in which God will use you to serve His will.

Ephesians 1:9-12 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

Can you see God’s love for the lost here? His will is to use us to gather Christ’s Bride into Himself, to complete the Bride so that we are not missing one soul, one part, with every hair in place.

Matthew 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Luke 21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

1 Corinthians 11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

Revelation 1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; 

Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.