THE ABILITY OF THE WORD

"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)

God’s Word has power. It isn’t just ink on a page; it’s living and active. It penetrates and does things according to what it says. You hear it, and it goes in your ears, or you read it, and it enters in by the eyes, and immediately it goes to work. It starts to accomplish God’s purpose in you, to strengthen your faith, to give you understanding, to open your eyes to the truth, to draw you to God in love so that you can know Him more. God’s Word always accomplishes its purpose in us, whenever we allow the Word in.

One of the ways the Word shows its power is by exposing what’s in our heart. It penetrates deeply into our soul, like a sword, cutting through all the layers of pretense, until it finally gets to the truth. It reveals our thoughts and attitudes. It tears down every wall of religion and shows us whether we truly are what we think we are. God knows us completely. He’s not fooled by appearances; He sees what’s in our heart. 

The Word’s power isn’t limited just to searching our hearts and revealing what’s there. The Word also has the power to change us, to purify us, to renew us and transform us. The more we are in God’s Word, the more we will think like God thinks. The more we will love what He loves and hate what He hates, the more we will value what He values. The more we will be able to distinguish between truth and falsehood, between good and evil; the more we are in His Word, the more we will be like Him. The more we are in the Word, the more deeply we will know Him and love Him. Be a doer of the Word.

Further Scripture Study: 2 Timothy 2:15; 1 Samuel 16:7; James 1:22-25 

Declare This: Heavenly Father, Your Word is all I need for a successful and fruitful life. I choose to study and stay in the Word always in Jesus name Amen.