Hello everyone, it’s been great talking about God’s word. Today, once again, we are going to look at God’s word and the power of His word and how to engage in the word of God. Let’s read from Deuteronomy chapter 30, verses 11 to 16 and then we will go ahead and try and understand this passage. It says, ‘For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it. See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess.’ Here is an instruction to God’s people in the Old Testament where God is calling His people to use the word or to apply the word. How does He do it? When we look at verse 14, He says, the word is very near you, how near is the word to them or us? He says, in your mouth and in your heart that you may do it. So, God wanted His people to engage with His word and how to engage with His word? Firstly, we are told that the word is in our mouth and when the word is in our mouth, we are to speak the word and so, speaking the word of God, affirming the word of God, declaring the word of God is a part of every believer’s daily vocabulary even. We must be speaking God’s word at all times and we also notice it says, in your heart. So, the word is our mouth that we may speak it but the word is in our heart that we may believe it. Meditating on God’s word, passages of scripture, a couple of sentences, a few words at a time is so very important because what we are doing is that we are taking in the word, getting a hold of the word, we are understanding the word or making an attempt to understand as much as possible so that the word stays in our heart. Another portion there says that you may do it; so, the word is also to be done or we need to align our lives to the word of God. Engaging with the word of God at three levels is what we notice in this passage where God is saying, the word is very near you- speak it, the word in your heart which means let’s believe it and because we know the word, we must live it out and do God’s word and take action. This is the way that we engage in God’s word. God promised Joshua, that if you are in the word and if the word is in you, you are meditating on the word day and night and you are doing it, you will make your way prosperous and have good success. This is the path that God is showing us to be in the word, engage in the word and see God prospering us. Let’s pray together, Heavenly Father, we thank you for the truth of your word. Thank you that your word is so powerful and as we engage in it, we will see good success and prosperity in all areas of our life. We thank you for showing us this way, we bless you and honor you, in Jesus’s name we pray, Amen. Thank you for tuning in to Living Supernaturally, for more resources to strengthen your spiritual walk, please visit apcwo.org. Daily devotions to strengthen your faith each day. Daily Devotional for Spirit filled living. Each daily devotion is about five minutes in duration. These daily devotionals are centered around a weekly theme. So there are seven daily devotions that focus on the theme and bring you insight, understanding and revelation from the Bible. Each week’s theme is listed as a series. So you can listen to the current week’s devotions or go to any previous theme/series that speaks to your present need (https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotions ). Also available free sermons (https://apcwo.org/sermons), and free Christian books (https://apcwo.org/books) to nourish and strengthen your faith. Watch our online Sunday Church service live stream every Sunday at 10:30am (Indian Time, GMT+5:30). Spirit filled, anointed worship, Word and ministry for healing, miracles and deliverance. YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/allpeopleschurchbangalore WEBSITE: https://apcwo.org/live CHURCH: https://apcwo.org FREE SERMONS: https://apcwo.org/resources/sermons FREE BOOKS: https://apcwo.org/books/english DAILY DEVOTIONALS: https://apcwo.org/resources/daily-devotional JESUS CHRIST: https://examiningjesus.com BIBLE COLLEGE: https://apcbiblecollege.org E-LEARNING: https://apcbiblecollege.org/elearn COUNSELING: https://chrysalislife.org MUSIC: https://apcmusic.org MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP: https://pamfi.org CHURCH APP: https://apcwo.org/app CHURCHES: https://apcwo.org/ministries/churches
