Settled in Heaven
Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. Psalm 119:89
There are many settings today where the Bible is not respected. Groups–from some university professors to late night talk show hosts to leaders of cultural movements–question the validity of the Scriptures. They doubt the Bible’s origins. They question its integrity. They slander the motives of its writers and of the individuals that promoted its message. They scoff at the accounts of the miraculous and reject at its claims of authority. They discount its moral code as outdated and intolerant. They say it needs to evolve with culture. And, they do all this in the name of knowledge, higher thought and reason.
I have always been amazed at the presumption of those who claim to know more about the nature of ancient events than those who actually experienced or witnessed them. That is not knowledge; that’s pride. In our pride we somehow think that we can deduce through what little information that has survived the real motives and sayings of those who preceded us. We simply know better what happened in Jesus’ day than his contemporaries. In our culture’s eyes, the question of God’s Word is clearly unsettled.
It is not so, however, in heaven. This psalm says that God’s Word is settled in heaven. What does that mean? Simply that in the setting that has the best view of truth and eternal matters, there is no debate about the power or accuracy of God’s Word. That which is eternal always recognizes what is ultimately real. While finite-minded beings on earth debate and question the veracity of God’s Laws, those with the view from eternity do not. The issue is settled. And, as time, earth and space come to an end, the reality of the Scriptures will bear out. Eventually, the question will be settled for all of us too. Even the doubters and skeptics of our day will see that God’s Word is true.
What are you staking your life on today? The Word of God remains the only true guide for anything that is eternal. You and I are eternal; we are made in God’s holy image and we will outlive this earth. We will live eternally. Stake your life today on the only source given to man to prepare him for eternal life. Everything else is futile.
