As I stepped into my office this morning to sit down and write the devotional, a word came to mind. The word was "hyperbole". This is not a word that is familiar to me. I haven't heard it in years-- since I was in school. I vaguely even remember hearing it then, much less knew what it meant. So I decided to look it up in the dictionary. Hyperbole-- an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally; obvious and intentional exaggeration.
I knew that this unfamiliar word came to mind for a reason. The reason was to remind us that the Word of God is not "exaggeration or extravagant" statements. When the Bible says that "at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow", that is truth, not exaggeration. When it says that "all power in heaven and earth is given unto Jesus", it isn't extravagant language. It is truth. When the scriptures say that "no weapon formed against you shall prosper", "greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world", "I give you power to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils"; "whatever you bind on earth is bound in heaven, whatever you loose on earth is loosed in heaven", none of these are exaggerated statements. They are not the boastful statements of some egotistical person. They are the Words of the True and Living God.
The words of Jesus and God the Father that are written in the Bible are not boasting or bragging. They are not idle words. They are not threats. They are not fables, fairytales or campfire stories, and they are not "hyperbole". They are Truth. They are to be taken literally. They are to be believed. They are to be practiced. They are to be applied. They can be trusted.
Perhaps you think the Bible is full of exaggeration. Perhaps you don't believe it is real. Perhaps you think its wording was only to make the reading interesting. Well, think again. They are the Words of Truth from the God of heaven-- who says what He means and means what He says. Take it that way.
Have a great day. God's Words are not hyperbole.
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