The Word of God

Psalm 119:159-160, "Consider how I love Your precepts; Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness. ¹⁶⁰ The entirety of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever." (NKJV)

 

Over the past few weeks I have felt led, encouraged, convicted, directed and challenged to preach about the power and authority of the Word of God. I truly believe that satan desires for this generation  of believers to be spiritually illiterate when it comes to the knowledge and understanding of the promises of God. We can not afford to base our faith on our emotions or feelings. Feelings and emotions are fickle and they can change very easily and quickly as the winds of daily living blow across our lives. BUT the Word of God endures from generation to generation and it's truth is revealed from generation to generation. In what are you placing your hope and confidence today? We are very acquainted with the latest technological pieces of equipment that comes on the market for sale. We understand how to operate our phones, computers, tablets, ipods, game systems, etc. BUT struggle locating certain books of the Bible when a scripture passage is mentioned! Does anyone notice any thing wrong with this picture that I just described? We must be reminded of our need to hide the Word in our heart so that we might not sin against God. The Word of God will provide the strength to believe when everything else is telling us to doubt God.

 

I want to share a portion of a prayer that Chuck Swindoll felt led to share with his readers. Could we take a moment and let the truth of these words penetrate our hearts and draw us closer to God?

 

"Thank You, Father, for breathing out Your Word through men so many centuries ago. Thank You for preserving the message that You revealed through the miracle of inspiration, Father. Thank You for Your Word—the inerrant, authoritative, infallible Word of God. We live in a day in which others' words have replaced your eternal Word, at least in the public's mind. In this difficult era, it is hard to hear again Your Word. We pray that the scales will be lifted from our eyes and that which has blocked our hearing will be removed so we might see and hear and be comforted and encouraged by Your revealed Word. May the truth that appears in Your Word make its journey through our minds and probe deep within our hearts, so that our minds are transformed and as a result, our actions."