Good morning. Today's meditation moment is going to be on the Word of God. These are 14 different verses of the importance of God's Word. The first one is John 1:1 & 14.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.
God became flesh in Jesus Christ and He dwelt among us. Jesus is the Word of God. You want to know Jesus? Then you need to study His words. See what He said. Read His words. We know one another through our words. Our words, Jesus said,
the words I speak unto you they are Spirit and they are life.[John 6:63]
You see our words reveal our real inner self and we know each other through our words. There used to be a saying
A man a is as good as his word.
Words are real things. They lift up or they knock down. They bless or they curse. Jesus said we'll give account for every idle word. So words identify us And God's Word identify's Him. And God's Word was manifested in Jesus. He's the Word of God. And Jesus said in Matthew 4:4,
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
You see a man isn't just a flesh being. You know it's not just eat, drink and be merry without spiritual fulfillment. Mankind is searching for spiritual input to satisfy his weary soul and it's found in God's Word. But what's happening is so many times the Pharisaical religious people have made the Word of God of none effect through their traditions.[1]
In Psalm 119:11 it says,
Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
The Word is the standard by which we judge what is true and what is false. Psalm 119:130 says,
The entrance of Thy Words gives light: it gives understanding unto the simple.
God's Word gives us light. It helps us to understand things. It helps us to get the big picture. Paul said to Timothy,
Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth.[2]
You've got to study to know God's will. You've got to study to know God's mind. Paul told us to put on the mind of Christ. [3] But how can we put on the mind of Christ unless we study, unless we read His words. Matthew 24:35, Jesus said,
Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.
God's Word is not going to pass away. Everything else you're living for is going to pass away. But it's the Word of God that is going to endure forever. Please pick up your Bible and read God's Word. It will give you strength, life, encouragement. It will give you comfort in time of need. It will give you spiritual strength. It will give you verses and stories to share with others, so you can comfort and strengthen others.
Peter says, 1Peter 2:2,
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby.
As a little child is on his mother's breast, so should we be with God's Word. God's Word should be the most important thing in our life, more than our necessary food. As Job said,
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips, I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.[4]
And people go travelling all over the world, to India, all parts of the world, to try to find spiritual enlightenment. And it's right there in that little book they have in their parent's home. It's right there in that thing called the Holy Bible. If they would just pick it up and read it and get desperate and call out to God and say, "God peak to me, speak to me."
Psalm 119:105 says,
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
God's Word is a lamp that will help us know where to walk. It will speak to us in those moments when we don't know what to do. And we read God's Word and all of a sudden something that's written there, even though it's talking about something entirely different, it just pops out and speaks to us. And it's just the key to showing us exactly what direction we should take. Are we to do this, or should we do that? Should we say "Yes," or should we say, "No." Should we have the operation or not? God's Word is that light, it's a lamp unto our feet.
And John 15:3, Jesus said,
Now are you clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you.
God's Word cleanses us. It's like taking a shower. You spend time in God's Word and you just feel refreshed. You've had a big struggle, or made a 10 km run and you've gone into the shower and you're showering yourself and all the filth is running off. That's what it's like when you spend time in God's Word.
Notes:
[1] Mark 7:13
[2] 2Timothy 2:15
[3] 1Corinthians 2:16
[3] 1Corinthians 2:16
[4] Job 23:12
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