The Certainty of God’s Word (3/12/2019)
Isaiah 55:10-11 “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” – NIV
For God to make the point sink home to His people on how sure and effective His word is to accomplish its intended purpose, He uses a common example that anyone could understand. We all know that when it rains or when snow falls, it wets the ground. When the ground is wet, it enables plants to grow. From these, a harvest is obtained for food or seed to replant. This truth is so certain that no one bothers to question it.
God said, as sure as that fact is known, established and true, so can we apply the same certainty to the word He has spoken out of His mouth. God does not rush to speak. Neither does He lie. He means every word He utters. He is not on trial and error to see what works or doesn’t. And His power backs those words to effect them so that whatever He said comes to pass. If He spoke the word to heal you, it will surely heal you. If He spoke to encourage, give direction, restore, correct or anything else He intended that word to accomplish, it will effect exactly that. It’s a sure word we can trust. A man’s word may fail, but not God’s.
This word comes in several ways; primarily through the written word, word of knowledge, wisdom, prophecy or any other. As long as it’s His word, spoken directly or through others, we can rely on it. We can take God at His word. He committed Himself to it and watches to see it fulfilled (Jeremiah 1:12). God greatly honors His own word. Psalm138:2 says “… for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.” Has God’s word come to you concerning a particular situation? Even if it delays, He will fillfill it and accomplish it’s intended purpose without fail at the appointed time. Cling to it. Believe it. Claim it.
Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?”
Psalm130:5: “I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.”
Shalom children of God. Have a great day