Luke
4:32 “And they were astonished at
his doctrine: for his word was with power.”
We often take for granted the power of the living Word of God. We must stay in his Word, for the Word of God is are live. I read that God’s words, whether spoken
by Jesus or written in Scripture, are indeed full of power, and it is
noteworthy how many and varied are the physical analogies used to characterize
and emphasize its power.
For example, consider Jeremiah 23:29. “Is not my Word like as a fire?, says the LORD; and like a hammer that
breaks the rock in pieces?” The fire analogy is also stressed in Jeremiah 20:9, when the prophet became
weary of the negative reaction against his preaching: “Then I said, I will not . . . speak any more in his name. But his Word
was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with
forbearing, and I could not stay.”
God’s Word is also called a
sharp sword wielded by the Holy Spirit. As part of the Christian’s spiritual
armor, we are exhorted to take “the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of
God” (Ephesians 6:17). “For the word of
God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even
to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and
is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews
4:12).
Even more significantly,
perhaps, it is compared to light, for light energy is really the most basic of
all forms of energy, or power. “Thy word
is a lamp unto my feet, and a light to my path.” “The entrance of thy words
gives light” (Psalm 119:105, 130). The first spoken words of Christ our
Creator were “Let there be light”
(Genesis 1:3).
But no earthly form of power
can compare to the power in the words of the One who is Himself the living Word
of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, for He is actually “upholding all things by the
word of his power” Hebrews 1:3.
Blessings
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