Wednesday, September 2
“Jehovah is with us. Do not fear them.”—Num. 14:9.
To fear Jehovah mean, to love him so much that we will never want do anything to make him feel bad. We really want learn the difference between right and wrong, and the difference between truth and lies, so that we can make Jehovah happy. (Prov. 2:3-6; Heb. 5:14) When we scare of human being more than God, it can make us to leave the truth. Think about the example of the 12 men who went to spy on the land that Jehovah promise to give the Israelites. Ten of them were scare of the Canaanites bad way more than the love they were having for Jehovah. They tell the other Israelite them: “We are not able to go up against the people, because they are stronger than we are.” (Num. 13:27-31) That true, from the way human being can see things, the Canaanites were strong. But the way they say the Israelites will not be able to conquer the Canaanites, show that they were not thinking about Jehovah. w24.07 9 ¶5-6
Thursday, September 3
“Will the Judge of all the earth not do what is right?”—Gen. 18:25.
You think we get good reason to be sure that when Jehovah judge people he can always make the right decision? Yes! Abraham understand good-good that, Jehovah that the perfect, all-wise, merciful “Judge of all the earth.” He na train his Son and gave him the responsibility to do all the judging. (John 5:22) Jehovah and Jesus know what in everybody heart. (Matt. 9:4) So when they judging each person, they will always do “what is right”! So let continue to trust Jehovah and all his decisions. We know that we not qualify to judge, only Jehovah! (Isa. 55:8, 9) That why we must trust Jehovah and his Son to do all the judging. And we know for sure that our king Jesus will follow his Pa example to show justice and mercy.—Isa. 11:3, 4. w24.05 7 ¶18
Friday, September 4
“Jehovah detests a devious person, but His close friendship is with the upright.”—Prov. 3:32.
We can learn why it important to really be honest from Jesus first meeting with Nathanael. When Philip brought Nathanael to meet Jesus, something interesting happen. Even though that was Jesus first time seeing Nathanael, he say: “See, truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.” (John 1:47) Jesus could see that Nathanael was really honest. Nathanael was not perfect just how we not perfect. But he never use to pretend. Jesus was happy with Nathanael and tell him thank you for being honest. Psalm 15 talk more about how we can treat other people if we want make Jehovah happy. Psalm 15:3 say that somebody who guest in Jehovah tent, “does not slander with his tongue, he does nothing bad to his neighbor, and he does not defame his friends.” If we talk bad about other people, it can really hurt them.—Jas. 1:26. w24.06 10 ¶7, 9; 11 ¶10