THE WORD FIRE
Psalm 33        

“By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. 7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses.” (Psalm 33:6-7) The word of God is right and righteousness is the word of God. Looking around and seeing all things He created is evidence of the fact that the word of God is right and also true. His Word is living and alive. God has not changed and He will not change, but He alone is the unchanging Changer; the only One who can reverse the irreversible. Psalm 33:4, “For the word of the LORD is right, and all His work is done in truth.” The word of God is true and right and we are hold on to the truth. No weapon formed against those who hold on to the truth in the word of God shall get hurt neither shall the word fail them. The word of God is fire and it cannot be played with neither should it be disregarded. God declared in Jeremiah 23:29, “Is not My word like a fire?” says the LORD, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”” Indeed, His word is like fire, but how you have received it is how it will work for you. He has put all in place to work for us but because of how we have replaced it or how we are replacing His word, the power in it cannot be activated. It is like a man carrying a loaded handgun and running away from an enemy with no weapon but only carrying noise making. How have you received the word of God? The word worked for Jeremiah after he allowed the word to burn in him. “Then I said, ‘I will not make mention of Him, Nor speak anymore in His name.’ But His word was in my heart like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, And I could not.10 For I heard many mocking: ’Fear on every side!’ ’Report,’ they say, ‘and we will report it!’ All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying, ’Perhaps he can be induced; Then we will prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.’ 11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty, awesome One. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail. They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper. Their everlasting confusion will never be forgotten.” (Jeremiah 20:9-11) The above passage documents how the word worked as a fire for Jeremiah in a challenging situation. The same word is working the same power today. With the fire nature of the word of God burning and alive inside a believer, all that takes a stand against such believer will stumble. The Word of God is God and God is His Word. This confirms the word of Hebrews 12:29, “For our God is a consuming fire.” Pray that the fire nature of His word will burn off all that does not represent Him in your life.