The Power of the Word

On September 11, a terrorist attack--consisting of a series of airplane hijackings and suicides-- marked the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history. Eighteen years later, that day on which nearly 3,000 people lost their lives is still fresh on our minds, becoming a notable transition in our economy, our security, and our overall outlook on the integrity of our nation. Or as some have stated, “a dawn of darker times.”

Personally, we go through our own dark times of serious trials, and it’s important to know how to turn to God for the answers. Do we know how to use the Bible as a resource? Paul says in Romans 15:4, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”

Jesus helped many people deal with rejection, failure, fears, isolation, depression, and even explained what to do with our wealth and knowledge. All these instructions serve as a reminder to us of the power of God’s word. When “the Word (Logos) became flesh and dwelt among us (Tabernacled), and we beheld (observable behavior) His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)

His life served as a landmark for a change in all societies for all times for the good. Yet Satan works hard to keep people in the dark. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4, “If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing. Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.”

Which is why its so important that we understand the value of scripture in helping people deal with losses, fears, worries, etc. Too many times we can be quick to spout verses and not really know how to use them to help people going through an “attack” (1 Peter 5:8), people who are still bound up in darkness. Let us never forget or underestimate how powerful God’s word is.

Hebrews 4:12, “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”

John 12:48, “He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.”

1 Thessalonians 2:13, “…when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.”