His Word... living and active...

It was said in class a few weeks ago... I thought I only needed to read through the Bible once... but now I see differently...

When we read God's Word through the blood of Jesus...
by the power of the Holy Spirit...
and the grace of Father God...
we see things differently...

His Word... Scripture... is not just a book...
it is not words written by mere men...
it is the Breath of God... revealed by the Holy Spirit...
to obedient men of faith who recorded what He had to say...

His Word is living and active...
the Spirit knows what we need when we need it...
He knows when our spirits are mature enough to receive a new understanding...
He knows when we're listening... or when we are just going through the motions...

For the word of God is living and active,

sharper than any two-edged sword,

piercing to the division of soul and of spirit,

of joints and of marrow, and discerning

the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrews 4:12 ESV

He is the Word...
He speaks through creation...
He speaks through Scripture...
through teachers... and prophets...
He even sent the Word made flesh...

"This is my beloved Son, listen to him."

Mark 9:7 ESV

God promises to speak to His people...
He has... and continues to...
if you will take time to listen...

He has something to say to you...

Ask Him to speak to you...
through His living... active... Word...
let Him breathe life into you...

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He sings over us... too...

The Lord your God is in your midst,

a mighty one who will save;

he will rejoice over you with gladness;

he will quiet you by his love;

he will exult over you with loud singing.

Zephaniah 3:17 ESV

He not only speaks over us... He also sings...

What did you hear Him speak... sing... over you today...?

challenged...

I find myself challenged...
by the One who calls things that are not...
as though they were...

...the God who gives life to the dead

and calls things that are not as though they were.

Romans 4:17

Challenged... to do the same...

Challenged to see... in others... in me...

what He sees...

when it's all said and done...

when it's all restored...

He sees the beginning from the end...

that's how He can call things that are not...

as though they were...

That's how He called... Simon... Peter... a rock...

Simon... fully restored... is a solid rock... therefore He calls Him Peter...

even though he stepped out of the boat... and sank...

when He asked him to pray in the garden... he slept...

followed Jesus... but denied knowing Him... not once... but three times...

He sees... what is... or will be... when it's done...

He names it... calls it... now...

The challenge for me...

to see restored...

hear... what He calls... me... loved ones... difficult ones...

so I can name them too...

speak that truth... into their lives...

help them to see...

and believe...

with... peace...

knowing...

He cannot lie...

Challenged to speak truth... in love...

Challenged to see... what He sees...

Challenged to name... as He names...

...speaking the truth in love,

we are to grow up in every way 

into him who is the head, into Christ...

Ephesians 4:15 ESV

Father God... teach me to see like You... all things restored...

Open my ears to hear... what You call what...

Bless me with trust and peace...

that what You see... will be...

restored...