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.