Alive and powerful

 

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. – Hebrews 4.12

 

Faith only comes by hearing and hearing only comes by the word of God. Without the word of God there would be no faith and with no faith there would be no rest.

 The word of God cuts through all the nonsense. All the excess is cut away. It cuts down to the soul and spirit and it reveals the thoughts and intents of the heart.

 We must let God’s word reveal what we are on the inside.

 But even before all that we see that God’s word is alive and powerful. It is unlike any other book because it comes alive as we read it. That’s what happens when you read a passage for the hundredth time and all of a sudden it jumps out at you and changes your life. It has the power to change our hearts and our attitudes.

God's word has the power to do all that if we are willing to look into it and let it change us. 

 We ought to be grateful for God’s loving word that will get right to the root of our problems and issues and sin. Let it do it’s work and bring us into conformity with the loving God Himself.