Chapter 5

The Word of God

            When someone tells you something, you believe, disbelieve, or “put it on the shelf” depending on your confidence in their truthfulness. Well how confident are you in God’s truthfulness? Do you believe that what He says is what He means? Or do you think He’s not telling you all there is to know about the subject? If you know Him, you should have complete confidence in His Word. He spoke the universe into existence, so His Word is most powerful. Almost everything He’s said in His Word has come to pass with very few left to be fulfilled. Then why don’t we believe Him when He tells us in His Word about our destiny? How does His Word affect our destiny? We will look at a few of these things in the following pages.

            Performs its work:  

1 Thessalonians 2:13
13 For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.

            When God plants the seed of His Word into our lives, you can be certain that it has a life of its own. It goes to work making us into the image of His Son. It does this for all believers, but more so for those who believe it will do what He says it will do. It will work in our lives, but it will do so better and quicker with our putting our faith into practice concerning its application to our situation. Remember that it’s God’s Word and He cannot lie. Men can lie, but what God says He will do for us.

If you could hear God speak, I believe this is what He would say:

            "You have My Word, My children and have not failed to obey it. I have chosen you as a people of the Word. You will walk in its light and you will walk in it’s power. You will never fail as long as you walk in My Word. I gave it to you so that you would know about Me and come to know when I speak with you. You can know Me through My Word. In it you will see My face and know My ways. Then you can know when it is I that speaks to you; for I will not speak anything that is contrary to My Word. It is My Word that will bring you into the Land and will bring you victory in every situation. Trust in My Word that it will do all that I intended for it to do.”

            49. The Word performs its work in me who believes. It will not fail to accomplish what God has ordained it to do.