today at, morning prayer, jenn read john 15.5-17.
verses that seem to be burning in my ears often.
especially verse 7
“If you remain in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish,
and it will be given you.”
this stirred some thoughts in me I thought I would share.
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It’s scary how good we are at the
“ask whatever you wish” part…….
and it doesn’t appear that we are all that concerned about
the mighty Words of God abiding in us.
…Interesting...
let me ask you a question.
can you, like king david, consider the Word of God to be
more valuable than thousands of gold pieces? (ps. 119.72)
can you, like Jeremiah the prophet, say that
when you found Gods Word and ate it
that it became, the joy and delight of your heart? (Jer.15.16)
can you, like Job, say, in the midst of all your sufferings, that
you treasure the Words of God more then your portion of food? (job 23.12)
…and you may ask why they treasure it so much?
because, according to john, the evil one controls
the entire world.
and in this world, the apostle paul says that the Word of God is our sword. (1john 5.19,eph 6.17)
because in this world, full darkness and lies, His Word is
a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. (ps.119.105)
because john says that you overcome the evil one by having the
Word of God abide in you. (1john 2.14)
because paul says,
when the Word of God abides in you
it teaches and admonishes you with all wisdom. (col.3.16)
it's not just memorizing the Word.
john 5.38, Jesus say’s to the jews,
you do not have the Word of God in you
because you do not believe in the one He has sent.
Jesus continues, and says,
you diligently study the scriptures
because by them you think you posses eternal life.
clearly its more then memorizing scripture.
God teaches us about Himself by His word.
and all the lies that we have been told about God,
by the father of lies, are proved wrong in the light
of His Word being in His people.
hebrews 1 says,
by the power of His Word he sustains ALL things.
man does not live on bread alone
but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.(deut 8.3)
Jesus is the word
and whoever eats of Him will never
go hungry again. (john 6.35)
do you know this word?
does the word abide in you?
::danmike (not my real name)::