THE WORD AND YOU.

                                    

                                         By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be

without power or impossible of fulfillment (Luke 1:37 AMP).

God’s Word is full of power, and that power is real and available to

us. However, the way to make contact with that power and use it to

your benefit is walking in the Word. Some people think that God makes

a choice and says, “I want to bless this person and not the other one.

I want to heal this one and not the other; I want to make this person

a success, and not this other person.” But that’s not the way God is.

John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only

begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but

have everlasting life.” God loves everybody, including sinners who

don’t know Him. He sent Jesus to die for everybody. The salvation that

Jesus brought is for everybody. In the mind of God, the whole world

has been saved, but not everybody is experiencing the vital benefits

of salvation. However, with regard to the salvation of the world, God

already did all that’s necessary.

The missing link for many is how to make that which God has given to

them—that which He’s already done—not only available, but a vital

experience in their personal lives. How can you make contact with the

power He’s made available to you? How do you make His Word effective

in the “now” of your life? Yes, Jesus died for you, was raised from

the dead, and He’s alive today, but what does that mean to you

personally? How can He be shown and proved to be alive in your life,

in your heart, in your home, and in your circumstances twenty-four

hours a day?

The answer is simple: walk in the Word. Accept and trust the Word of

God in its simplicity. When you hear or study the Word as it pertains

to the new creation in Christ, personalize it, because that’s God

talking to you. Seize what He’s made available; take a hold of it, and

make it personal to you; arrest and take possession of the Word.

Apprehend it; run with it; use it; live by it! That’s what God wants

you to do with His word.

 PRAYER

Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for your Word that dwells richly in

my heart and for its power to produce a transformation in my life! My

heart and mind are open to receive that personal Word of power,

victory and triumph; I’m yielded to your Word, for it puts me over and

causes me to excel in all that I do, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Further Study:

Acts 20:32

 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his

grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance

among all them which are sanctified.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and

admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

Hebrews 11:1-16 Ezekiel 5-7

2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN

1 John 1:1-10 Ezekiel 44