- Isaiah 55 v 11: So will My word be which goes out of My mouth;
It will not return to Me void (useless, without result),
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. - God’s power is inherent in His word;
- Psalm 62 v 11-12:God has spoken once (God speaks one thing),
Twice (Two things, I hear) I have heard this:
That power belongs to God.
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Also to You, O Lord, belong lovingkindness and compassion,
For You compensate every man according to [the value of] his work.
To understand the power and love in God’s word, let us consider God’s account of creation, when God created everything in the beginning, culminating in: “Let us make man in Our own image”. This gives us an insight to what is meant by the text in Hebrews 11 v 3 that By faith [that is, with an inherent trust and enduring confidence in the power, wisdom and goodness of God] we understand that the worlds (universe, ages) were framed and created [formed, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose] by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible, and this is a proof that there is a spiritual realm/world and a physical world/realm, which equally evidenced that God is a spirit, He is the Spirit, the Lord of spirits, the Holy Spirit.
In Hebrews 4 v 12: For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged [b]sword, penetrating as far as the division of the [c]soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Our thoughts come from our mind (that supposedly resides in our soul, or where our soul is located, or synonymous with our soul); while our intentions comes from our heart (where our spirit is located).
The Word of God, well according to the book of John 1 v 1-3: In the beginning [before all time] was the Word ([a]Christ), and the Word was with God, and [b]the Word was God Himself. 2 He was [continually existing] in the beginning [co-eternally] with God. 3 All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him not even one thing was made that has come into being.
Thus, the Holy Spirit (God) reveals to us that God’s Word (Christ) has the power to effect change in the spirit, soul and body of man (as evident in the many healing miracles and exorcism performed by Jesus Christ).
However, despite the power in the word of God, it does not work or achieves success or activate prosperity in the life of everyone, because of its conditionality nature; which is faith/belief with conviction. This is what is meant in John 3 v 16: “For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He[even] gave His [One and] [a]only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. Hence the Scriptures also says the just shall live by faith.
You must believe and embrace Christ and do what He says (obedience). You must first embrace and revere Christ/the Word of God/God; and you obey, by doing what Christ says we should do, by living according to the commandments and principles/precepts of God.
Unfortunately, many children of God who believe His word and desire to prosper are not prosperous because they refuse to revere the word.
Christ told us in Luke 6 v 38: Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over [with no space left for more]. For with the standard of measurement you use [when you do good to others], it will be measured to you in return.”
Only those who believe in this word and act on it will prosper by the power embedded in it. It is not the hearers but the doers of God’s word that are justified (Romans 2 v 13: For it is not those who merely hear the Law [as it is read aloud] who are just or righteous before God, but it is those who [actually] obey the Law who will be [b]justified [pronounced free of the guilt of sin and declared acceptable to Him]. )
Success/healing/prosperity/life or whatever power is in the Word will stay with them (doers of the word) and overtake them all the days of their lives.
James 1 v 25: But he who looks carefully into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and faithfully abides by it, not having become a [careless] listener who forgets but [h]an active doer [who obeys], he will be blessed and favored by God in what he does [in his life of obedience].
I pray that you will begin to prosper through the word of God from today in JN, Amen.
