a fire and a tool (Jeremiah 23:29)
a weapon (Ephesians 6:17)
seed (1 Peter 1:23)
It is perfect, sure, right, pure, true and righteous.
It is sweeter than honey, and to be desired more than much fine gold (Psalm 19:7-10).
It can convert the soul.
Make wise the simple.
Rejoice the heart.
Enlighten the eyes.
It is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword.
It is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)
It is the Word of God.
Am I being governed by the Word of God? That is a question I've been thinking on as I've been reading Donald Whitney's excellent book "Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health".
Governed - (Websters 1828) - Directed; regulated by authority; controlled; managed; influenced; restrained.
What is most important to me? Where do I go for answers? strength? hope? Where do I go for light and life? Where do I go to search for wisdom on how to train my children? be a wife to my husband? on how to love others? Am I daily being informed and influenced by the Word of God? If not, what is influencing me? These are questions I'm asking myself...and forcing myself to answer honestly.
I love this resolve from Jonathan Edwards...
"Resolved, To study Scriptures so steadily, constantly, and frequently, as that I may find and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same."
The Word. It IS alive. It IS active. It DOES bring change to this heart. May I be increasingly governed by it's Truth.
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