GIVE THE WORD ITS PLACE

Hi,

Glad you’re here! Did you have a great time at Christmas? My husband and I went up to his parents, they had a couple of inches of snow, and it was a white Christmas indeed! I had fun, I hope you did too.

One of the highlights of my Christmas was listening to the kids tell me all about their Christmas presents, especially what they received from Santa, the excitement in their voice filled my heart with joy. To them when they hear Christmas, they think Santa, and when you mention Santa, gifts pop up in their mind. It’s amazing how the mention of certain names automatically suggests specific things to us, things associated with the name mentioned e.g. if I say Ibuprofen, you’d think painkiller, if I said milk, you may think food or protein, if I say immunization, you’d think protection, and if I said business, you may think money. Why is this so? It is because things and people are remembered by their mission, either for the problem they created or helped solve.

How about if I say ‘the WORD of God’, what pops up in your mind? Can I guess? Among your list may include – the Bible, Jesus Christ, church services, a preacher or conviction. You will be right to think any or all of these because they can all be linked to the WORD of God. However, the ministry of the WORD goes beyond what I have listed above. The WORD is given to us to minister to our daily needs, whatever they may be.

If you need guidance, the WORD is given to be a lamp to your feet and a light for your path (Psalm 119:105).
If you are weary, you can find rest in the WORD (Matthew 11:28).
If your soul is thirsty, the WORD is given to satisfy your thirst and refresh you (John 7:37).
If you are sick, the WORD is given to heal you (Psalm 107:20).
If you want a divine health insurance, you can get it in the WORD (Proverbs 4:20-22).
If you desire to be free from the yoke and burdens of addiction, in the WORD is a burden removing and yoke destroying anointing (Isaiah 10:27) KJV.
If you desire success, the WORD is given to direct you into good success (Joshua 1:8).

To partake of the above benefits, you need to recognize and accept the WORD for what it is and does, then abide in the WORD long enough for it to abide in you (John 15:4). This can be likened to dying a fabric; you have to leave that fabric long enough in the dye solution for it to set in. While still setting in, allow the abiding word to renew your mind, the result will be a transformation. Achieving this will require determination and self discipline, to study and practice the WORD until it takes root in your life. Anything that takes root downward in your life will bear fruit upward (2Kings 19:20), that is why the Bible instructs us to guard our hearts with all diligence for out of it proceeds the issues of life (Proverbs 4:23). Therefore be careful that it is the WORD not the world, taking root in your life.

From the time you allow the WORD for your situation to take root in your life, you can ask for whatever you desire concerning that situation, Jesus promises that your desire will be granted (John15:7)

We are less than 48 hours into the New Year, a time when most people make their New Year’s resolutions. Some people have quit making resolutions because they are yet to keep the ones they made several years ago. If you resolve to give the WORD its rightful place in your heart from this day onward, I guarantee you will need less effort to keep every resolution you make.

A good starting point will be to increase the dosage of the word you take in daily. I’m glad to inform you that the one medicine you can never overdose on is the WORD. If you dare to feed your spirit way more than you feed your flesh all through this New Year, you will be shocked at the degree to which every area of your life will be transformed.

As we enter the New Year, I want to challenge you to give the WORD its place in your life; it is the best high yielding investment you can make on yourself, its dividends transcends time, they are everlasting.

There are no insignificant details in the bible; there is a word for every kind of situation you will ever face in life, so give the WORD its place in your life, why deny yourself of the abundant life? You have nothing to loose if you try, but there is more than you can imagine to be gained!

Go on! Give it a shot! The WORD still works!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

With Love,
Angela.