LEARNING DAILY

Hebrews 4:12, For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

“The Word of God is living.” That means the Word of Gid has life; it is alive. It is alive because God is a living God. Hebrews 3:12, “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.” Jesus said in John 6:63, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.” Believers are made spiritually alive when they accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. In the Parable of the Sower Jesus explains that the seed sown (The Word of God) is like a living organism that grows and produces life when planted in fertile ground. This is not accomplished through one’s own effort but through the work of Christ on the cross and the power of God’s Word working within the Believer.

“The Word of God is active.” God’s Word is not just another historical text, a book that is no longer relevant. It continues to speak, producing changes, and helping those who read it to live the life the Lord desires them to live – to walk in faith and obedience on the narrow way. It not only produces changes in one’s life, it gives warnings about wrong lifestyles, about being disobedient, about judgment, and about being diligent in watching for the return of Jesus Christ.

God’s Word is, “sharper than any two-edged sword.” One piece of the armor Paul writes about in Ephesians 6:17 is the “sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.” It is an offensive weapon to be used against the Believer’s spiritual enemy. Jesus used the Word of God against Satan’s temptations in the wilderness and Believers are to do the same thing. This is not being passive when temptations come or when doing spiritual battle. As a two-edge sword, it also exists to cut through walls and barriers, one’s defenses to reveal one’s inner thoughts, motives, and intentions. God’s Word helps one to search his heart (Psalm 139:23-24) to convict of sin in their life and to confess it. That is the transformational power of God’s Word, keeping the Believer in constant communication with the Lord and keeps him/her on the narrow way. God’s Word keeps the Believer doing the Word and not just saying it.

As a Believer, I pray your desire is to be in God’s Word daily allowing it to continue to guide your thoughts, attitudes, and daily words and actions. May your time in God’s Word guide you closer to His truth and His righteousness. I pray that you have a great hunger and thirst for God’s Word and Him (Matthew 5:6). I pray that it continues to speak life into you and draws you closer in faith and obedience.