DEVOTIONAL:

THE WORD

Bible Reading: Isaiah.40:6-8

     The word of God is God communicating with us and the word is God revealed to us. In it we see His nature and His character. The word of God is forever settled in Heaven. The word of God is a living spirit(John.6:63). The word of God reveals the mind of God to us and therefore His will to us. What can man do without the word of God?Nothing! It is the word of God that gives us the salvation from sin. It confronts us with the reality of our fallen state, the doom of sinners and the way through the love and mercy of God. It is the same word that serves as our compass on our journey to heaven(Acts.20:32).. The word of God also reveals God's provision for our successful and victorious living here on earth, and how to harness His promises in our lives.What would we do without the word of God? Any congregation of God's people that gives prominence to the word of God, teaching and preaching it, and patterning their lives according to it will be blessed. But those that do otherwise are treading on very dangerous grounds.

Isaiah.40:8 says,

The grass withereth,the flowers fadeth:because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it:surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flowers fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand forever.

    The word of God will outlast anyone.Though heaven and earth shall pass away, the word of God shall not pass away(Matthew.24:35). What should your attitude towards the word of God be? The word itself reveals this: ''Tremble at God's word" (Isaiah.66:2). This directs God's attention to you for favour and victory(Isaiah 66:5). You are to uphold the word of God in your life irrespective of the circumstances. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego upheld the word of God even at the point of death, and God did not disappoint them. You are to feed your mind the word of God. This will renew your mind to think the way God thinks and will restrain you from sin.(Psalm 119:11). The word of God coming out prophetically from the mouth of God's annointed servants is as powerful as the written word. The story of the official in Samaria, who derided the word of God from the mouth of Elisha attests to this. He paid for it with his life (2kings 7:18-20). I encourage you to tremble indeed at God's word; study it, meditate on it, obey it, and you will prosper(James.1:25).