God Speaking

“Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.”

(Proverbs 30: 5)

I have just been reading a novel set in my birthplace, Australia, in a time when I was a child. At that time polio was racing around the world, an ugly disease attacking children crippling their bodies, damaging their lungs. Many children were crippled for life, some in iron lungs and many dying. I can remember a family who were close friends losing their son. The reason this all came flooding back to me was that in the story I was reading a young boy is infected by polio and the only treatment was to lie in bed for 12 months. His mother was an avid reader and as the boy could not go to school; or walk and play with others she encouraged him to read. She introduced him to famous authors Charles Dickens became his favorite. and words became the tool that helped him eventually to walk by taking his mind off his body. 

Words have a powerful effect on us in our everyday lives unfortunately not all words are true, words can be ugly hurtful remarks, words can stir up anger, racism, nasty bullying can be used over social media, fake news floods our internet, that is when we need to turn to the only one true trusted word, the Word of God. The book of Proverbs tells us his word is flawless and is a shield for us to run behind. 

God’s word existed from the beginning of time 

“In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1: 1)

No other word can claim this and then to empathize this, the Word came to all mankind in human form to show the world how to live this mighty word. 

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father full of grace and truth.” (John 1: 14)

God’s word is a beautiful gift from him to tell us how much he loves us and is full of wonderful promises of how he will guide us, protect us, show us the right paths to walk on, and when we do, he will hold our hands and keep us from wandering off those paths. He will be there through the storms of life, when things are not going well, but we need to be immersed in his word every day, so we remember his instructions. 

The Psalmists knew the importance of doing this and this is a beautiful verse to remember for our own lives 

“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” (Psalm 119:  11)