POWER IN THE SPOKEN
WORD
Memorise: The centurion answered and
said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak
the word only, and my servant shall be healed. Matthew 8:8
Read: Matthew 8:8-13, Bible in
one year: 1st Samuel 8-9, Mark 4:21-41
There is power in the spoken Word of
God, and this power produces unspeakable wonders. In fact, the entire universe
was formed by the spoken Word of God (2nd Peter 3:5). Hence, we must
give more earnest heed to the spoken Word of God emanating from genuine men of
God. Many people have missed their miracles because they mistook the Word of
God for the words of a pastor. They fail to realise that God will not come down
to speak His word, but He speaks through His genuine servants. The onus is now
on whoever wants God’s Word to perform wonders in his or her life to identify
genuine ministers of God through whom God speaks. The Bible in 2nd
Chronicles 20:20b says:
“Believe in the LORD your God, so
shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.”
How then do you identify a word as
being genuinely spoken by God through His servants? The written word, which is
the Bible, authenticates and must align with the spoken word (John 16:13,
Galatians 1:8). After you have ascertained that the source of a spoken word is
clean, and that the word is directly from God, it is your responsibility to
believe it. Only then will you receive the miracle you so much desire from God,
as it is written in Psalm 107:20:
“He sent his word, and healed them,
and delivered them from their destructions.”
Without controversy, there is power
in the word of God as spoken by His genuine ministers. However, this power can
have a positive or negative effect. We must therefore comport ourselves with
wisdom so that the spoken word does not affect us negatively. The spoken word
of God which came to the widow of Zarephath through Elijah in 1st
Kings 17:14 is a case in point; it says:
“For thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil
fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.”
We see the power in this spoken
word, working positively in 1st King 17:16:
“And the barrel of meal wasted not,
neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he
spake by Elijah.”
Elijah also spoke concerning the
shameful death of the wicked King Ahab in 1st King 21:19 and the
wonder-working power of the spoken word produced the negative effect of Ahab’s
death in 1st Kings 22:38.
Prayer Point
Father,
grant me grace to live my life in such a way that it will attract the positive
wonders of Your spoken Word.
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