The Cure for Ignorance

Friday 13 May
READ: Psa. 119:9
MORE LESSON: 1 John 2:14

Ignorance kills. When a person is ignorant of the truth, he can go into slavery for life. Ignorance makes a man engage in self-destructive actions that he may regret for the rest of his life. Hosea 4: 6 says, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
The cure for ignorance is not mere knowledge, it is correct knowledge. It is accurate knowledge that is called 'truth.' There are many forms of knowledge in the world today, but what men need is true and accurate knowledge. John 8: 32 says, you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. The Word of God is the truth that cures ignorance (John 17: 17). The Bible in your hand is the treasure you need to find solution to every problem in life. People run helter-skelter looking for answer to life's questions whereas if they can stay on the Word of God, they will discover everything they are looking for.
Young people are commonly seen to be ignorant when they make hasty and wrong decisions. It is possible to be young and wise, all it takes is a youth that is full of the Word of God. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way by taking heed there to according to thy word: Psa. 119: 9. The young; male and female, may face many different temptations in school, at home, work and other places. With the Word of God in you, you overcome temptations. The devil is interested in young people because of their strength which he wants to channel to achieve his pervert ends. God also sees the resources in young people and wants to harness such to conquer the devil. It is the Word of God that makes a young person a weapon in God's hand. According to 1 John 2:14, I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
You need to read the Word of God, commit it to memory, meditate on and live according to its dictates. Do not read God's Word merely as a religious exercise devoid of the life , rather study it with the whole of your heart and open your spirit to ingest the substance that is in it. Psa 119: 10 says, With my whole heart have I sought thee: oh let me not wander from thy commandments. You will not wander away like the ignorant when you make the Word of God the priority in your life. Stay strong in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Avtion
* Lord, let Your Word which is the truth give light and life to me today, in Jesus’ name.
* Lord, give me understanding of Your Word to expose every lie of satan in my destiny, in Jesus’ name.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Every stubborn power assigned to keep me in perpetual bondage of failure be disgraced out of my life now, in Jesus’ name.