Oh.My.Word.

Definitely a common expression in our generation! But I have a different way of using it today. Oh my Word as in the Word of God. The Sword of the Spirit, my weapon! Cheesy, you might be thinking, oh well, deal with it! I woke up with this title in my spirit and couldn't shake it!

Those of you who follow this blog closely know how passionate I am about the Word of God and the authority that it has in our lives if we learn how to apply it and wield it correctly. God is continually narrowing my focus on this and I am learning so much and seeing so much of God's agenda being fulfilled in my life and the lives of others as they do the same thing.

Proverbs 13:13, " Whoever despises the Word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded."

Whoa, that's a strong Word. No gray area there! You might say, " Well despise is a pretty strong word." Despise means to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, disdain; scorn; loathe. That is strong, but there are some words in there that aren't so strong. We may not have a distaste for the Word or be disgusted with it, but we may loathe having to do what the Word of God requires us to. It takes an effort and a sacrifice on our part therefore we "despise" it in some way because it's requiring something of us that we may not be ready to give.

Being honest here, I despised the Word. Last year, I was almost mad at it because I couldn't see the fruit of it and didn't see the point because every time I would get into the Word it seemed like the enemy would come at me harder or just the world itself would come bearing down on me even stronger. So I was thinking well what in the world??? Well obviously I had a lot of changing that needed to happen in my heart and then my approach to God and the Word changed and then I started to see myself change from the inside out. I started to recover physically, mentally and emotionally.

Hebrews 11:6, " But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."

 John 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

So if we put these together...what do we get? So if God is the Word and He has called us to diligently seek Him then that means apart of seeking Him and knowing Him is knowing the Word! And when we do this He rewards that! I am all about rewards lol! 

I want all that God has for me. That sounds really selfish, but I am pretty sure He wants that too, otherwise why would He offer it so freely? So, yes, oh my Word, I love my big God and His Word. It's my weapon against the enemy and this world, it's my daily bread...nothing is more satisfying and NOTHING is more powerful.