When you read the scriptures, do you feel the life flowing power course through your body?

Jesus said the words that He spoke were both spirit and life. (John 6:63)

Isaiah 55:10-11 & Luke 8 compare the Word of God to a seed.

Peter explains that the born-again experience is made possible through the life-giving power of the Word of God.  (I Peter 1:23)

James also makes a similar statement that the will of the Father brought us forth by the Word of Truth. (James 1:18).

In John 1 we read that in the beginning was the Word of God and that Word became flesh and dwelt among us and in John 14:6 Jesus said that He is the Truth.

In Psalm 119:160 we read that God’s Word is true from the beginning.

As followers of Jesus, true believers, the Word of God will always be at work in us. I Thessalonians 2:13 states, “and we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the Word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.”

God made it quite clear that His Word will always be at work and not be void, empty, or dead. Every word the Lord speaks has purpose. Isaiah 55:11 states, “so shall my word be that goes out of my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish (to do or to make) that which I purpose (incline, desire, to bend, to be pleased), and shall succeed (to push forward, to break out, be good, be profitable) in the thing for which I sent it (to send away).” Words in parentheses are Hebrew word definitions. From the very beginning, God’s Words brought forth life.

Is it still happening in your life today? As a believer, as a follower of Jesus, do you feel the life-flowing power of the Word coursing through your very being? And I don’t mean are you having an emotional response. Hebrews 4:12 explains the depth the Word penetrates in people.

“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (ESV)

God’s word is alive and working. It is sharper than the sharpest sword and cuts all the way into us. It cuts deep to the place where the soul and the spirit are joined. God’s word cuts to the center of our joints and our bones. It judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts. (ERV)

For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than nay two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (AMP)

For the word (logos) of God is quick (alive), and powerful (active, operative, effectual, powerful), and sharper (to cut by single stroke) than any two-edged sword, piercing (to reach through, penetrate) even to the dividing asunder (separation) of soul (heart, life, mind, soul) and spirit (breath, vitality), and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner (decisive, discriminative) of the thoughts (deliberation) and intents (thoughtfulness, moral understanding, intent) of the heart (thoughts, feelings, mind). (KJV with Greek word definitions.)

There is a difference between our spirit and soul. They are not the same thing. Though we humans in our limited understanding often find it difficult to express or define the difference. According to online dictionaries discriminative means making distinctions and distinctions means a distinguishing factor, attribute, or characteristic. God’s Word penetrates that deep into the core of our being. Truly nothing is hidden from Him.

This thought came to me the other day as I was reading scripture, something I’ve read many times before, maybe even a genealogy passage. I could feel the Word’s life-flowing power course through me. His Word truly is alive, it is powerful, it is still working. Allow it to work in you, for you.

I’ll close with this verse that played on repeat in my spirit as I drifted to sleep last night:

Psalm 119:130 “The entrance of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.”