And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts...
2 Peter 1:19
The “something more sure” that Peter is commending to us is the Word of God. And what is mind blowing in this statement is what Peter says it is “more sure” than. The preceding context is Peter’s own description of his experience with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration, where he heard the very voice of God the Father announce His pleasure in His Son’s work (2 Peter 1:16-18). And the Word of God is greater than even that mountaintop experience.
Peter knew that the written scriptures had a fully trustworthy authority that was greater than experience. Why? Memories fade, but God’s Word is always clear. Experiences may differ based on viewpoints but God’s written prophetic word always speaks with exactly the same voice every time it is read, using the same words, to every person who reads it. And that is why scripture is “more sure”.
When we pay attention to God’s Word it lights our way. God’s truth is a lamp to our darkness that will outshine all other lights we may follow. It will grow as bright as day if we will pay heed to it in our hearts.
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