DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
KEEPING THE WORD
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isaiah 55:10,11
God's Word has power and purpose. He tells the prophet Jeremiah, "... I keep watch over my word to give effect to it" (Jeremiah 1:12) BBE. God's words are not idle. In fact, Jesus tells his followers that because of our relationship with God, we will give account for every idle word that we speak: "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned " (Matthew 12:36,37).
As God's children, our word is to have power and purpose-- "fitly spoken" and "in due season." "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver" (Proverbs 25:11). "A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it" (Proverbs 15:23)! God is training us to so value our word that we shall at once move in the creative realm by faith: And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you (Luke 17:6).
Today, Keep your word, watch over it and perform it.
