DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, DECEMBER 4, 2013
POWER: IN THE RAINDROP AND IN 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
It is so easy to forget that raindrops have power. They have the power to produce; in fact they never fall in vain. They're not just a substance that gets wiped off of our windshields by our wipers. No, they are the genesis of the manufacturing cycle. They water the earth and cause it to bring forth and bud. This provides seed to the sower and bread to the eater. What power!
In like fashion, the word of God has great power. It has the power to wash and cleanse. A husband is told in the Scriptures to wash his wife with the word. The power in the word of God will cause beauty, holiness, grace to blossom:
"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish" (Ephesians 5:25-27).
Like manna from heaven, I thank God for his daily supply of the word which truly washes and cleanses, heals, delivers, enlivens, and forever blesses his Church. What power!
