God Speaking

“And God said, “let there be light, and there was light.”

(Genesis 1: 3)

The Bible begins with the most astounding example of God’s power. The earth was formless and covered in darkness. Then God spoke, and His word was so powerful that darkness disappeared, and light appeared for the first time. His powerful word continues and earth as we know it was formed all from the command of that powerful word.

David understood the mighty power of God’s voice and wrote about it in Psalm 29. 

“The voice of the Lord is over the waters, the God of glory thunders the lord’s voice thunders over mighty waters, The voice of the Lord is powerful……” (Psalm 29: 3 – 4)

The word, power, is used in all different situations and strength is always associated with it. We speak of powerful leaders, powerful storms, and even powerful speakers, but according to Scripture, God has supreme power over the world and all mankind. 

God commissioned Moses to write down His commands so His people would know that His word was flawless and the best and safest way to live in the world he had created was to obey his word and to be an example to all other nations. 

“Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.” (Proverbs 30: 5)

Those who believed in God’s word knew the importance of constantly reading it and obeying it, the Psalmist in Psalm 119, felt it was words to live by, he wanted them firmly embedded in his heart 

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

Then the amazing revelation in John’s gospel 

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

Jesus was the Word of God come to enlighten us, and later John makes this clear 

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.” (John 1: 14)

Jesus was the living example of the power of God’s word. The Son of God became human.  

If we want to have this power living in us we need to constantly be reading God’s word so we can hear Him speaking to us and he invites us, His children to talk to Him, to share our worries with Him, to listen to Him when we come to the crossroads and need advice to which road to take, to share our love for Him and we can do all of this though His word. 

The writer of Hebrews urges us to remember that we can come into the presence of our Mighty God and be welcomed and listened to. 

“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” (Hebrews 4: 16)