FAITH CAPSULE: The word of God is fire and it cannot be played with neither should it be disregarded.
Psalm 33
It is written, “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. 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 true and consistently right. Looking around and seeing all things He created testify to the truth that the word of God is right and also true. His word is not just a letter but life. It is certain that God has not changed and He will never change. God alone is the unchanging Changer; the only One that makes a way here there is no way. 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 to hold on to the truth of His word. 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 determines how it works for you. When the word is replaced with the world, the power in it cannot be activated. One that replaces the word with the world is like a man carrying a loaded handgun and running away from an enemy with no weapon. 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. 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.’ 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 for ones that allows the word an entrance into their life. Always remember the word of Hebrews 12:29, “For our God is a consuming fire.”
Prayer for today:Ask that the fire nature of His word will burn off all that does not represent God in your life.