Day 41 - Monday

Day 41

 

"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)

The word of God is living and active.  Did you realize that the word, this beautiful, life changing word that we study everyday and listen to is a force to be reckoned with?  This word is not simply words on a page, but something birthed from the heart of God.

 

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness," 2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV)

 

When God is speaking to us through his word and it stirs us, and we respond to his prompting, it becomes alive, living and operational in our lives.  Someone said once that we don't read the Bible, but that the Bible reads us.  We then get changed in the process. 

 

It is this activity that God's word takes on in our lives which Paul says is our sword.  Some people think that the Word of God is a weapon to be used on others, something to control others into doing what they want.  But we know that the Word of God is something living and breathing and makes a home on the inside of us.

 

It is this operation of the word, alive in the power of the Holy Spirit on the inside of us that becomes dangerous.  It will cut through all the pretense that we set up around our lives which we "think" protects us.  We might put our hope and trust in our economic status in life or where we were born, who our family is or what we look like.  But these things will not cover us.  Even our religiosity will not protect our hearts.  These are false armors.

 

The Word of God alone can strike the fatal blow to the enemy's plan in our lives.  But it will not be enough merely to read or study the Word, but we must allow it access to our hearts.  Allow it to change us from the inside out, and then it can remove those footholds of the enemy in our thinking and in our souls.

 

Prayer:  "Holy Spirit, make the Word of God come alive in me this day.  I trust that it can and will defeat the enemy in my life as I entrust my life into it's wisdom and truth.  Lead me by your Word this day.  In Jesus I pray, Amen."