Word is living:

 Word is living:

 

Hebrews 4:12

12     For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

     

            Here is a different reference to God’s Word being alive. Not only is it alive, but it is also full of life. It’s not just surviving. It’s doing something. It’s examining what’s proceeding out of our hearts. Is it something from our spirits, or is it from our souls? It’s impossible for us to tell on our own. We need this living Word to enable us to distinguish which it comes from. Back then when this was written, it would have been nearly impossible to tell where the bone left off, and the marrow began. That’s the way we are without the Word to “slice” those thoughts into their core pieces, so that we can know from where they come … our souls or our spirits. If we don’t continue to read and meditate upon His Word, we won’t have any ammunition for the Spirit of God to use to reveal to us the origination of the thoughts and intentions of our hearts.

 

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

            "Do not think that My Word is an inanimate object. It came from Me. I breathed on it, and it came into existence. It has My life in it, and it will accomplish what I intend for it to do. It will work in your life to show you the right way to go. It works inside you to bring about My will in your life. It will show you which of your thoughts are My thoughts, and which are those of the flesh. You can trust My Word to do what I have intended it to do. It will dwell deeply inside of you to bring about My will in your life. It is able to distinguish between what My Spirit tells you and what your soul tells you. It will never fail because I never fail. When I say something, it always comes to pass.”

 

            61. As I read God’s Word and allow Him to have His way in my life, that living Word can discern what is from my spirit, and that which is from my soul. I can rest assured that which is from my spirit is from God and is the best thing for me to do.