WORD OF GOD

EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2019.

SUBJECT : THE WORD OF GOD!

Memory verse: "For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Hebrews 4 vs 12.)

READ: Isaiah 55 vs 8 - 11:
55:8: "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD.
55:9: For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
55:10: "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
55:11: So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

INTIMATION:
The Word is the revealed Will and power of God. The Word of God is in two parts; written Word called Logos, and the spoken Word called Rhema. The written Word—Logos—is the message from the Lord, delivered with His authority and made effective by His power. Logos is reasoned speech, and sometimes is used as the sum of God’s utterances. While the spoken Word—Rhema—denotes that which is spoken; the articulated expression of a thought. It is God’s Word put into work with His power available to perform it.

The significance of Rhema (spoken Word), as distinct from Logos (written Word) is exemplified in the injunction to take "the sword of the Spirit, which the Word of God” (Ephesians 6 vs 17); here the reference is not to the whole Bible as such, but to the individual scripture which the Spirit brings to our remembrance for use in time of need, a prerequisite being the regular storing of the mind with Scripture.

The word of God (Logos or Rhema) is an essential for a godly life. It is living, life-changing, and dynamic as it works in us. It reveals who we are and what we are not, in relation to what God demands of us. It penetrates the core of our moral and spiritual life, and discerns what is within us, both good and evil. The demands of God's Word require decisions. We must not only listen to the Word, we must also let it shape our lives.

For this reason, the apostle Paul in Acts 20 vs 32, says, "And now I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified." We are commended to God and the Word of His grace. This Word builds the Christ nature and the love nature of the Father into the individual. In other words, God is building Himself into us, making Himself a part of us as the Word dominates, rules and satisfies our spirit nature. Just as the Nature of God—immortal and all powerful—so is His Word that abides forever.

We bring the power of God to bear in any circumstances or challenge of life when we apply the Word to that circumstance or situation. Consequently, we become over-comers by the Word, as it is written, "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony..." (Revelation 12 vs 11). When the Word is built up in you, the exploiting power of God is readily available to you, and you are an overcomer in any life's circumstances you face. This is because whatever you ask for the Lord is done for you: "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you." (John 15 vs 7.)

The apostle Paul, in continuing his commendation of the Word of God to believers, says in Colossians 3 vs 16, says, "Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom...." This counsel of the apostle Paul to believers in Colosse is one of the most striking sentences in his epistle. It means giving the Word—the message of Christ—plenty of room in your life. It is not only committing the Word to memory, which is valuable, but letting that Word become an integral part of our beings, that is letting the Word live in and rule you that you may live a life of exceeding exploits. The Word dwelling in you is equivalent to Christ personally being in you. The glory of God becomes your inheritance when Christ dwells in you. (Colossians 1 vs 28.)

Prayer: Abba Father, give me the grace to study and meditate continually in Your Word, that Your Word may dwell in me richly, empowering to lead a life of exploits, in Jesus' Name I have prayed. Amen.
PRAISE THE LORD!