In a life filled with trials and tribulations, God’s Word offers us strength and comfort in the midst of our life struggles.
The word of God in the Bible are promises of God, promises of healing, peace, comfort, and a way to be in union with God in eternity.
The Power in God’s Word
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. (Genesis 1:3)
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” (Genesis 1:26)
Above we find the power of God’s Word, just a word that created everything. That’s the power of being a God, just a word is enough and it will be done.
My word, which comes from my mouth, is like the rain and snow. It will not come back to me without results. It will accomplish whatever I want and achieve whatever I send it to do.” (Isaiah 55:11)
No word in vain, no word a waste or a casual remark. A word that would produce all that was intended.
The same word of God we find in the Bible.
God made humans in His own image and likeness and loved humanity the most thus made them the highest of all His creation so humans can rule over other beings. (Genesis 1:26)
God wanted to keep his union forever with humanity and thus we read in the old testament of the Holy Bible of how God worked with the human creation and blessed and multiplied them.
I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, (Genesis 26:4)
Words in the Holy Bible is God’s word spoken to us to keep in communion with His people.
God in the Bible is sharing and exchanging His thoughts and His spiritual will with us so we would be saved and live in eternity in His kingdom.
It’s His eternal love for us that God gives His word for us. The word of God has power to save us. This word of our creator in the Bible is a lifeline for us humanity, the spiritual umbilical cord that keeps us united with God.
But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. (Genesis 26:4)
That is the faith of the Centurion that he told the Lord Jesus that He need not bother Himself to come to his house to heal as He (Jesus) just need to say the word from here and his servant many a kilometers away will be healed. This Centurion believed in the power of Jesus’s word.
Even Jesus had acknowledged the Centurions faith and said …
When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! (Matthew 8:10)
We further see the power of Jesus’s word when Lazarus was dead for four days and Jesus had asked the stone before his burial tomb be removed, and Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come Out!” and Lazarus was raised back to life.
Jesus’s words to raise Lazarus back to life is showing the power of Jesus’s words over life and death, signifying His divinity and also strengthens the Christian belief that death on Earth is not ultimate, but merely a passage to a new life, thus resurrection and eternity.
In Psalm 119, the Psalmist speaks of the importance of keeping God’s Word.
The word of God provides direction and clarity in the darkest time, illuminating the path of righteousness.
(A lamp for my feet, a light on my path…) Psalm 119:105
The power of words in the Bible prepares us mentally, making us strong in will to clear the path of obstacles, leading us to live our lives fearlessly and in resilient, accepting all that a life offers or we encounter with in a life.
The Living Word
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
In the Gospel of John, the author beautifully depicts at the very beginning about Jesus as the word from which begin everything and this was God’s word and this word (Jesus) was God.
This word was born and dwelt amongst us (John 1:14)
This word is still living and present now and will be forever.
The word of God is living because it is revealing to us the nature, attributes, righteousness, love, forgiveness, and power of God, and all this we see in Jesus, the word that dwelt amongst us.
You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, John 5:39
The words in the Bible are God’s word, everything in the Bible revolves around just God, midst all the stories of persons and times is the spirit of God that is being revealed more and more.
In the above words Jesus speaks of all the scriptures that are testifying about Him, so the eternal life that you read in the scriptures is present here before you, travelling besides you, read and spoke out to you, it’s in Jesus that the search is complete, the salvation rests.
Find Jesus, Find Everything.
God when he reveals all the above to us is not trying to just portray His infinite divinity but he also desires out of love for us that we adapt the same in our living life, all that is of God as we were made in His image and likeness.
The words in the Bible are not just scriptures or merely a historical document but they are living amidst us and speaking to us.
They are healing and saving us. When we read the Bible, we are not just reading words on a page, we are encountering the living God. We are receiving love, blessings, wisdom and more.
Bible is affecting our conscience, correcting our rebelling against God’s will and our sinfulness. Instilling in us repentance and shaping our lives and producing a heart of love and forgiveness.
Bible words are powerful and transforming us as they are not just scholarly and truthful, but are living words of God. God’s word has been relevant across centuries and generations, speaking and healing universally and will be for time eternal.
In our living times of modern life, being distracted from God’s will and being enticed into temptations, sinfulness and false beliefs, the Bible inspired by the Holy Spirit guides us to live a righteous, God willed life, serving us further as a beacon of hope, source of courage and faith and having a profound impact on our lives.
“Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.” Psalm 119:89
Unlike the short-lived and unclear, human earthly words, God’s Word is unchanging and everlasting.
Bible: Knowing God’s Word Effectively
Bible is the spiritual food for us. The words in the Bible are the words of our Creator, they are His promises, His guiding light leading us to His kingdom, His will for a life, made in His image and likeness.
The word of God in the Bible,
- Transforms us
- Changes our life
- It is the only truth
- It is a light in the dark moments of our life.
- It is a promise
- It is the real happiness, comfort and everlasting peace.
- It is the hope, strength, and resilient in adversities of a life.
The Bible is our daily bread of life, we as Christians need, as our Lord Jesus thought us to pray for…
Give us this day our daily bread, (Matthew 6:11)
This bread that Jesus thought us to ask the Father everyday was just not the bread that we need for our physical sustenance but also the bread, the Word of God that is the food for our mind, body, and soul.
And also our salvation.
The Bible is a revelation of the very nature of God, His will for our life and a way to build a personal relationship with God.
Bible is not a complete fixed closed volume of God’s Word and scriptures, as it is living, it is an ever expanding ocean of spiritual knowledge and a will of God that is out growing more and more each day molding in spirit to envelope and embrace the thinking and the willingness of generations as they survive and pass on.
Thus the Bible, God’s expression of love and life has survived thousands of years and generations. The word of God has remained undeterred by human and civilization growth, progress and transformation.
The words in the Bible is like God holding hands in love with the humanity so as they not go astray and away from Him.
So the Bible is as relevant as was in the ancient to now, the AI age.
There is the presence of the Holy Spirit working in us, transforming, healing, and strengthening us when we as Christians read God’s word from the Bible.
Holy Spirit, the advocate, Jesus gave us as He ascended into heaven is enveloping and guiding us, opening our minds to the spiritual and mystical realm of God, wherein our limited intellectual and understanding to adhere to the will of God and being embraced in His grace is being made immense because of the presence of the Holy Spirit that is breaking the word of God and feeding and transforming us spiritually.
Trusting the Word of God
Abraham is rightly called the Father of Faith, as he adhered to do God’s will and honor His words.
Even when tested by God, he came of value.
Job story is also of faith and resilient in adversities.
The Centurion who believed that Jesus, just say the word, and his servant will be healed had faith unparalleled and complete.
All the above persons from the Bible showcase their complete faith in God’s Word, inspiring us to believe and trust God to deliver us each, in moments of agonies and troubles, believing God, who has promised us protection and life entireties if we revere to His words.
Following God’s commandments for us, leads to a life of righteousness and blessings.
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
The spiritual words in the Bible is a blueprint for living a life that pleases God. The Bible teaches us how to live out our Christian faith in practical ways.
From the Ten Commandments to the Sermon on the Mount, God’s Word provides us wealth of spiritual enlightenment for a moral and ethical living to live a Christ like life, impacting those around us and their faith and drawing us all closer to God.
The transformative power in the word of God is never over exaggerated.
It is alive and active as it is living and remains a steadfast anchor for our souls, guiding us in the path of righteousness and always keeping us in spiritual companionship with God.
