-October 27, 2020-
Good morning, happy Tuesday,
-The Word Of God Cuts Deeply And Reveals Our Condition-
(Hebrews 4:12).
“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.”
God is omnipotent and His Word is just as powerful in our lives. God uses His Word to convict us, reveal our condition as sinners, and point us to Christ to receive Him as Lord and Savior. The Holy Spirit uses the Word of God to touch and change our lives.
God does not stop working in our lives after we are saved, in fact salvation is just the beginning. As we as believers read the Bible, God speaks to our hearts to grow our faith, instruct us in His truth, and convict us when we do wrong. His goal for us is that we be conformed to the image of Christ. Our verse describes the Word of God as the sword of the Spirit, how it cuts deeply, and what it reveals.
• For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword – The Word of God is not just a book with words on paper, it is alive. It is fresh every time we read it and just as relevant today as it was when God inspired it. It is powerful to convict, strengthen, encourage, and comfort us in our time of need. It is like a sharp two-edged sword that cuts one way to convict and the other way to encourage. God knows we need both.
• Piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow – God is the Chief Surgeon who performs is delicate surgery on us. The tools of the surgeon must be sharp enough to cut through tissues, joints, tendons, and even bones. There is pain in order to bring healing. The same is true in our spiritual lives. The Word of God cuts deeply into us to get the desired and needed effect.
• And is discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart – The Lord knows all about us through and through, but He wants us to see ourselves for who we are and where we are at spiritually. Jeremiah described the heart as, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings” (Jeremiah 17:9-10). God has to reveal to us the ugliness of our character and sin before He can change us from without and from within!
In the following verse 13, it says, “And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account. Since nothing is hidden from God, let us be honest with Him and listen to His voice speaking to us through His Word. Let’s be doers of the Word not just hearers.
Praise God for the Word of God. Where would we be without it? It is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword. It pierces us down to the very division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow; it is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of our heart. It cuts precisely and perfectly to show where we are so He change us to where He wants us to be: like Jesus.
Have a blessed day in the Word asking God to show you where you at and what you need to do. Stay safe and healthy.
Dean
Dean Allen's Daily Devotional 