The WORD

I have been thinking a lot lately about the Word of the LORD. It's a HUGE concept. The Word of the LORD is completely sovereign. Nothing tops it. It's the most important thing in all of existence. God's word is an extension of Himself. The gospel of John begins with the words "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God." Christ and the Word of God are inseparably the same in a way that is so very mysterious.

The Word of the LORD is living and active. It is sharper than a sword. Man needs it to survive as much or more than food (after all, man does not live on bread alone!). It has the power to create something from nothingness. He spoke in the beginning and things came to be just because He spoke! Amazing!!

God's Word is vast and powerful. His Word is eternal, which causes this crazy backwards paradox. His Word is perfect and Holy and complete, but He gives it to incomplete and sinful men to speak and to handle. How does that make sense? How can something so great and eternal come from something so flawed and finite? He has placed eternity in our hearts, and yet we are so concerned with temporary things.

God give us the grace to handle your Word rightly today. Amen.

It's been a long time...

I know, I know, it's been along time, but I am still living and active. Check out this passage I found in 2 Peter-

16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased, 18 we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

19 And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. 21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

I love how the name of the LORD there is Majestic Glory. This passage is so poetic and powerfully validates the prophetic word. Prophets are still speaking His Word and I see the Church is beginning to listen. I see the Lord is raising up a whole new generation of Prophets to speak His Word. I'm super excited about it. Someone recently spoke a Word from God to my Corps about our kids becoming prophets. Wow. The times are exciting. They are transitioning to something new the Church hasn't experienced in a long time, or maybe never before. All I can say is- exciting!

All glory and praise to YHWH our God, the Majestic Glory!