(Part 4)
“Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.”-Psalm 119:105
This passage of scripture, probably, sums up how most people perceive the Word of God. It is like a flashlight that you can turn off and on when you need it. A resource or a tool that we can pull out if things get dark and we’ve seemed to lose our way. For most, it is an inanimate object; simple words on a page. A book filled with wisdom that can be deployed on a moments notice; having accountability over their lives when they see fit. However, it is hard for something to hold you accountable, when you are still trying to exercise authority over it.
The Word of God, however, is not confined to serving at our behest”
“For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.-Hebrews 4:12
Hebrews declares that the Word of God is a two-edged sword. It is more like an excavator than it is a flashlight. It digs deep into a person’s soul to expose our inner most thoughts and desires. Because it is living and active, we don’t have the power to turn it off when it suits us. It will convince us of much, and convict us of much more. It is precisely that reason that so many opt to silence it in their lives.
One commentator wrote: “God’s word is living and active. It is not constrained to the pages of a book and is only loosed when you open it. The book is for your benefit. It is a compilation of the power of God for you to engage, but it does you little good until it is lifted from the page and deposited in your heart and mind”
If we will allow God’s Word to do its work in our lives it can shape our hearts and transform our minds:
It will be our greatest weapon against sin:
“I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”-Psalm 119:11
It is the power of God for our salvation:
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.”-Romans 1:16
It will solidify our faith:
“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”-Romans 10:17.
It will sanctify our lives:
“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.”-John 17:17
It will train us in righteousness:
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.”-2 Timothy 3:16
The only way to live a transformed life is to allow God’s word to have absolute authority over your life and allow it to hold you accountable in thought and action.
Pastor Scott Burr
Dayspring Community Church
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