Is God's Word Relevant For Us Today?

I have had people ask me this question and I am sure I have asked this question at times. What answer do we give? Any "good" Christian would answer yes. It is easy to say yes. It is sometimes harder to give the questioner examples right off the top of your head. Well, last night at our women's Bible study I was able to give a definite example of just how relevant God's Word is in our day to day lives.

Earlier in the day I had received an email from a family member and she wrote to me about a long standing issue in our family. This issue has gone on for close to 10 years or so. In the past it has been easy to get into a full blown "discussion" regarding this issue. She made some comments that I could have easily responded to, but decided and told her I would only respond the the questions that were pertinent to me and would not respond to the other issue she brought up. I told her that I would pray as I have been doing that God would work out a miracle in the situations that she had mentioned.

Well, I had studied my lesson for the Bible study a week ago, but as we went over it last night, one of the verses stood out to me and was very relevant for this particular situation. the verse was 2 Timothy 2:23, "Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels." It is very easy to get caught up in arguments. Of course both parties are sure they are right, but is it really that important. Is being right worth strained relationships? I must say that I believe that if I were completely honest most arguments would fall under "foolish and stupid."

Is God's Word relevant to us today? I believe if we just read God's Word for the sake of reading it (it's the right thing to do), we may feel like we really didn't get anything out of the reading. However, if we pray for God's guidance and read His Word intentionally, truly wanting to see what God has for us regarding how to really live a Holy life, we will find His Word to be very relevant for us today.