SCRIPTURE:
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…”
Hosea 4:6
OBSERVATION:
Pastor Wayne often quoted this verse to gently but firmly point us back to the Word of God.
“Destroyed” doesn’t always mean sudden catastrophe. It can mean slowly weakened. Confused. Deceived. Living beneath what God has provided. When we don’t know the Word, we don’t know who we are. We don’t know what belongs to us. We don’t recognize lies when they come.
The enemy doesn’t have to overpower a believer — he just has to out-inform them.
That’s why Pastor Wayne would lead us in the Bible Creed:
“This is my Bible, the Word of God.
I am what it says I am.
I do what it says I can do.
I am a citizen of heaven.”
He wasn’t just having us repeat words. He was training us to anchor our identity in Scripture.
Because lack of knowledge of the Word can literally destroy people — not because God withholds, but because they don’t know what He has already given.
APPLICATION:
Today I ask myself:
Am I regularly in the Word?
Am I building my life on what God says — or on how I feel?
When pressure comes, do I respond with opinion or with Scripture?
If I want stability, clarity, and strength — I must know His Word. Not casually. Not occasionally. Intimately.
The Word protects me from fear.
It guards me from deception.
It reminds me who I am in Christ.
If I neglect it, I weaken myself.
PRAYER:
Lord, keep me hungry for Your Word.
Let me never become casual about Scripture.
Root my identity in what You say, not in what culture says or emotions say.
Protect me from destruction that comes from ignorance.
Help me live as a true citizen of heaven — grounded, steady, and confident in You.
In Jesus’ Name, amen.
