For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intention of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)
The word of God is a book that is readily available at our fingertips and yet some of us don’t realize the power that’s behind it. Perhaps you see it as a duty to check off a list every day, or if accrues dust on a bookshelf. Yet some of us have seen the living powerful tool work miracles in our lives providing freedom and direction, and we have learned that it’s a weapon we don’t leave home without.
We all have the choice to pick up the sword that is freely given to us, or we have the choice to allow the enemy to continue to wreak havoc in our lives. We all have a tool at our fingertips to begin using to our advantage to break the enemy’s plan along with the strategies he has ready to fire at us as he plots against us. He wakes up every day and has an agenda to come for us as he comes to “steal, kill, and destroy” (John 10:10) anything and everything in our lives in an effort to take us away from the peace and purpose that the Lord has given us freely.
Every day I meet people on the street that are so, beaten down by what’s going on in our world today. And many don’t know that God has a plan. We are all so powerful when we choose Him and flee from the devil. The devil has surely fooled many people into living a life of pain, and torture.
With the Sword of the Spirit, we have the advantage to use this tool as it was designed and no longer letting the enemy defeat us. This tool was not meant to be on a bookshelf or in a box somewhere gathering dust. It was meant to be a tool that is living and active as it moves to you, through you, and is shown out of you in your life. It is powerful that is sharper than a two-edged sword that pierces through your soul and spirit freeing us of things that have held us captive as it helps us discern your thoughts as we navigate through this world. It has the power to “break and pull down all strongholds, casting down arguments and every high that exalts itself against the knowledge of God…” (2 Corinthians 10:4-5).
With the gift and tool the Lord left us with while we walk this earth.
We need to use our sword as the true weapon it is, just as Jesus did. He used the sword of the Spirit as His weapon against Satan. Like 4 shares the account where satan came to tent Jesus while He was in the wilderness for 40 days, and the way Jesus overcame the enemy was with the Sword of the Spirit. Every time Satan tempted Jesus, Jesus fought back and ultimately won the Bible with the Word of God in the Scriptures – the weapon of living and powerful Sword of the Spirit.
Give God’s word a try and navigate the enemy in this dark world with the greatest weapon at our fingertips and dive into the Word so we can use it too our advantage.
Ask God to give you wisdom so that the next time the enemy attacks so you will have the words to fight back.
From Pity to Praise 