God's Word Endures Forever

Last week, I was reminded about how long written words last.

I was at ladies Bible study and one of the women told me that she still had a poem I had written years ago on her fridge. The poem had been shared with the church in the bulletin when I was a kid. I wrote it when I was nine years old. I had no idea it was still encouraging someone roughly twelve years later!

That got me thinking about how long the Bible has been around. For multiple millennia, the Lord has spoken to us through His Word. He is the Word:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

(John 1:1, NKJV)

When I took a Media Ethics and Law course in University, we studied a lot of ancient philosophical writings. Aristotle, Plato, that sort of thing. We studied this stuff to figure out their ethical philosophies. The prof said we didn’t need to study the Judeo-Christian ethic because she didn’t want to go there. I wonder if, deep down, though she would never admit it, she was scared to face the living Word of God

You really only see the writings of Plato and Aristotle in University textbooks and scholarly articles these days. They are instructive and important in some circles, but they aren’t living. The Bible is miraculously eternal and life giving.

The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever 

(Isaiah 40:8, NLT)

 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 intents of the heart. 

(Hebrews 4:12, NKJV)

I love knowing that my writing encourages people, but, no novel, essay or poem written over the centuries has the power of the living Word of God. God will always invade our hearts, minds and souls with the Word.

The earth was spoken into existence.

Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 

(Genesis 1:3, NKJV)

Jesus spoke to heal the paralytic.

“I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 

(Mark 2:11, NKJV)

God’s Word has power today, right now! I want to let Him speak to me every day so that His purpose is accomplished in my life. The ancient philosophers are long dead and their works are crumbling. My God is alive. His Word is alive! Which matters today?