Faith Capsule: The place of God’s word is in the heart of man.
Genesis 39
Hebrews 4:12 described the word of God, “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12) The word of God is a weapon; word of God is a sword in the heart of a believer that carries the word; word of God is power and the word you carry will determine your journey in the world.
Ministering the word and praying is the reason we gathered every time we come together.
Acts 6:4 identified the word of God, “we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministering of the word.” Giving self to prayer and to the ministering of the word is praying the word instead of praying from the head. With praying the word of God is what makes it impossible not to pray amiss.
Apostle Paul admonished us, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” (Acts 20:32) The word of God is not just a story but a secret for one with understand doing great exploits in the journey of life. Give self to the word of God.
The bible makes us to realize that the place of God’s word is in the heart.
Deuteronomy 11:18, “Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.” Psalm 119:11, “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.”
Joseph carried the word in his heart and he was able to arrive at the center of is divine assignment in life. As he journeyed, sin presented itself to him when the wife of his master approached him to lie with her. Joseph refused his master’s wife because of God’s word in his heart which was mastering him in every step of life. The word in Joseph’s heart responded is recorded in Genesis 39:8-9, “But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” He has hidden the word in his heart not to sin as stated in (Psalm 119:11) Imagine what could have happened to his great journey in life if he had fallen for his master’s wife?
Word of God’s place should always be in the heart to live life for the glory of God.
Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of God to take charge of your life.