STILL AS IT WAS
Jeremiah 1

“Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good…” (Genesis 1:3-4) By the Word, God put creativity into creation. The God of all creation continues to use the same undeniable Word to operate and execute today. The same Word that was in the beginning is the Word today and was testified by John: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” (John 1:1-3) As mighty and powerful as the Word is, it will only work in us when we are able to hear and use it as we are supposed to. Are you hearing the Word of God? If in your hearing, just as you have claimed, you have not been seeing what you heard, it can be concluded that you have not been hearing the Word right or something is wrong somewhere. Job, having heard so many times without seeing, when he finally did see, testified, “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You.” (Job 42:5) The Word of God is power and it is living. You cannot hear Him and doubt Him. The Word of God will always locate you when it is time to find you out. For Jeremiah, when it was the time of his calling, the Word located him. “Then the word of the LORD came to me…” (Jeremiah 1:4) Once he was able to hear God, more of God’s Word began to sound in his direction. Just like Job, Jeremiah also pointed out that his ability to see was rooted in hearing what God had to say. Jeremiah 1:11, “Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘Jeremiah, what do you see?’ And I said, ‘I see a branch of an almond tree.’ What the verse is driving out here is that at a certain point, God spoke to Jeremiah and God later asked him about what he saw in the Word. If Jeremiah had failed to hear, he would not have been able to see where or what the Lord wanted him to see. Evidently, listening is the direction avenue of the grace to hear when He speaks. Jesus testified, “Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.” (John 8:43) Without the Word, there is no way out for you in this world of wickedness and destruction. Take to the Word: listen, hear and see in the right direction of God. “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.” (Psalm 107:20) The same Word is here for us all today.

Prayer for today: Father, let Your Word of healing and deliverance sound in my direction in Jesus name.