The
word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
—1 Thessalonians 2:13
The value of a man’s words depends upon what I
know about him. If a man promises to give me half of all he has, it greatly
matters whether he is a poor man or a millionaire. One of the first
requirements for fruitful Bible study is the knowledge of God as the Omnipotent
One and of the power of His Word.
The power of God’s Word is infinite. “By
the word of the Lord were the heavens made….For He spoke, and it was done; He
commanded, and it stood fast.” (Psalm 33:6, 9). God’s power works in His
Word. God’s Word has creative power and calls into existence the very thing of
which it speaks.
The Word of the living God is a living Word,
and it gives life. It can call into existence and make alive again what is
dead. Its quickening power can raise dead bodies, can give eternal life to dead
souls. All spiritual life comes through it, for we are born of incorruptible
seed “by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever” (1 Peter
1:23).
The Word has power to illuminate our darkness;
in our hearts it will bring the light of God and the knowledge of His will. The
Word can fill us with courage to conquer every enemy. The Word will cleanse,
sanctify, and work in us faith and obedience. It will become in us the seed of
every trait in the likeness of our Lord. It will make all that is in the Word
true in us and so prepare our hearts to be the habitation of the Father and the
Son.
What a change would come over our relationship
with God’s Word and to the morning watch if we really believed this simple
truth! Let us begin our training for that ministry of the Word by proving its
power in our own experience. Let us begin to seek to learn the great faith
lesson, the mighty power of God’s Word.
The Word of God is true because God Himself
will make it true in us. We have much to learn regarding what hinders that
power, much to overcome to be freed from these hindrances, and much to
surrender to receive that power. But all will be right if we study our Bibles
with the determination to believe that God’s Word has omnipotent power in our
hearts to accomplish every blessing of which it speaks.
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