A Costco store in Simi Valley, California had a display table filled with Bibles for sale. While looking through them, Pastor Caleb Kaltenbach discovered a bright sticker had been placed on every cover… it contained the price… and the word “Fiction” next to it.
Fiction? As in “not real”?
At once, the Pastor brought the mistake to the attention of the management and the stickers were removed at once. The man in charge chalked it up to “human error” from the warehouse.
This got me to thinking… although our Bibles don’t have “Fiction” stickers on them…do we really believe what they say inside the covers? Is it possible that what God says inside those words is 100% true? How can we be a masterpiece when our thought-life is what it is? How can we be forgiven by the One who created the oceans and calmed the storms? Is everything REALLY possible through Christ?
Yes.
What you read in that wonderful love letter from God is absolutely true. Every syllable of it. We are sinners. We are imperfect. We make mistakes. But we serve the God who time after time gives chances to return to Him. We serve the God who hears the cries of the hurting and responds with the love demonstrated by Jesus on the cross. Be assured… you can count on what you read in the Bible. It is far from fiction. It is rock-solid fact that has withstood the test of time and the assault from countless critics. Hold it boldly and read it with confidence. It is God’s unshakable word… and it can be trusted wholeheartedly.
