THE WORD OF OUR LORD

Proverbs 30:5  "Every word of God is pure, He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him."

My Father's Word.  From a child, I learned the Bible verses, the first verse thought the greatest by so many, John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life".  This was my first memory of the Word of God.  So many people come to the Lord through this verse.  Simple but so strongly stated.  For God so loved...; everything follows that. God so loved the world, so loved us.  He gave His only Son for us, so we could be His, so we could be washed by the blood of the Lamb, cleansed, hearts pure, so we could have a relationship with our God. So loved...

His Word is a lamp unto my feet.  Lighting my path so I can find my way to only Him.  Lighting the way so we can see the snares of the enemy before us, so we can not be fooled and fall.  His Words, some not understood at first, some confusing.  Some people just stop at these and skip over them as they do not quite get the meaning.  But this should not be.  Ask the Lord to enlighten the meaning of His precious Word before you read.  Ask Him to quicken the meaning to your heart, ask the Holy Spirit for guidance, He will guide you through the Word, showing you the love and help that the Father placed there.

In the beginning was the Word.  The Word has always been; the Father always knowing what we would need, the trials we would encounter.  The battles have never changed all throughout history.  They are the same now as then, except the names, some places, technology has changed.  Some of the places are the same, the battles keep going generation to generation.  But His Word is the same, the guiding verses still showing us how we are to live, how we are to love.

The Word became Flesh.  What was the Lord to do, He had tried love, blessings on His people, conviction, forgiveness, restoration and still they would turn from Him.  They would still reject Him.  God is perfection, He is God.  He cannot, will not look on sin.  He knew one day He would have to send His Son, there would be no other way to have His children reconciled to Him. No other way.  So the Word was sent in the Son.  Precious Lamb of God, our Jesus, our Savior.  For us, He became man.  And for us, He went to the cross, beaten, mocked, alone.  He hung there on the cross, forsaken by the very Father that loves Him so, as He bore our sins; the Father not being able to look on Him.  Do you know how this must have hurt the Father, not to look on His beloved Son, His only Son because He bore our sins.  What love this is for us that God could not look on His Son as He was made sin for us.  The Word of God, Word of God. Our Savior.

The Word giving Holy Spirit, coming to us as our Comforter, our Convictor, our Connection to the Father.  To be with us until that day, to guide, gently showing us the way to the Father's heart through prayer, praise and worship.  Urging our words to the Lord in thanksgiving, love and worship.  Precious Holy Spirit, life giving Word.

The Word of God, the promise to end all promises "And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his walk.  I Am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last".  The Word always was and always will be God.  Our God, alive, a part of everything we are or will be.  We are His beloved, His so loved...

My God, I will worship You for everything You are to me, for everything You have been, everything You will be, just for Who You Are.  You are the First, the Last, the Beginning, the End, the Word.

I love You, precious Lord.  My heart is full of love for you, my soul thirsts for more of You, more each day. I am not satisfied with a little, I want more, more of my wonderful God. You are everything to me, this 12th day of February, 2011.