RHAPSODY OF REALITIES MONDAY, 3RD DECEMBER.
THE POWER OF HIS WORD BY PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME.
For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]โฆ (Hebrews 4:12 AMPC).
The Bible gives the account of a certain man who was sick for thirty-eight years, and laid by the Pool of Bethesda. At that pool was a rendezvous of broken humanity, waiting for the stirring of the water by an angel. The first person to get in, after the water had been stirred, got healed of whatever disease he had. However, this man hadnโt been able to get in, and when Jesus met him, He asked, โโฆWilt thou be made whole?โ (John 5:6).
Rather than affirm right away that he wanted to be well, he started complaining to Jesus, lamenting how thereโd been no one to help him into the pool (Read John 5:7). Not minding his complaints, the Master said to him, โโฆRise, take up thy bed, and walkโ (John 5:8). The Bible says, โAnd immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walkedโฆโ (John 5:9).
How come the man didnโt complain this time, but acted the moment Jesus said, โRise, take up your bed, and walkโ? It reveals the power of Godโs Word! Thereโs something about the words of Jesus; He said in John 6:63, โโฆthe words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.โ At the words of Jesus, life permeated the hitherto dead limbs and paralyzed body of the man, and before he could think, he was already standing, healed by the power of God! Thatโs the power of the Word in manifestation. Remember, he didnโt even know who Jesus was, at this time (John 5:12-15).
In several of our healing meetings, people testify of a voice telling them to walk, or do what they hitherto couldnโt do due to sickness, disease or an infirmity of the body. The moment they acted on the word they heard, a miracle ensued, irrespective of the case. They didnโt have to reason out the voice; they knew it was from God, and acted accordingly from their spirit.
Thatโs the way to respond to Godโs Word; itโs from, and with, your spirit! Godโs Word is addressed to the human spirit, not to the head or mind. He knows that the Word in your spirit, mixed with faith, will surely produce results.
PRAYER
Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for the ability and power inherent in your Word, which produces in my life and circumstances what it talks about. Iโm making progress from glory to glory, by your Word, in Jesusโ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Isaiah 55:10-11 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.
Acts 20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
1-Year Bible Reading Plan
1 John 4 & Daniel 1-2
2-Year Bible Reading Plan
Revelation 6:11-17 & Joel 3
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