Activate The Word!
Posted by Pastor Hodge in Featured, From The Pastor, General, HeadlineHebrews 4:12 – "…the Word of God is quick (alive), powerful (at work), and sharper than any two-edged sword…."
The phrase "two-edged" in the original language (which is Greek) is made up of two words: (1) ‘dis’ – meaning ‘twice, again’ and (2) ’stoma’ – meaning ‘mouth or the edge of a weapon.’ Looking at the original meanings here, we could translate this phrase as "two-mouthed" or "mouthed-again".
Think about this. God delivers His Word from Himself into our hearts. That is one mouth (God’s). He has delivered it / spoken it into our hearts. It is a Word ‘for’ us. It is HIS Word deposited into us. When it enters us, it becomes OUR Word – given to us.
Thus far only ONE mouth has been involved in releasing this Word.
Until the second mouth becomes involved this Word is not activated. The second mouth is OURS. When we open our mouths and declare the Word of the Lord we activate it in the earth. We release it, by faith, into the atmosphere and render it back to the Lord. Isaiah 55:11 comes into effect – His Word cannot return to Him void and brings breakthrough into where He sends it.
Are you activating the Word of God by declaring it – making it known (Ephesians 3:10)?
Or, are you being a quaint American Christian and hoarding it into yourself; thereby, making it inactive and ineffective?
Have you been to Wal-Mart or Lowes and seen the display of pre-paid gift cards? They are loaded with potential, but are no good until they are activated. The Word of God is like that: loaded with potential – waiting to be activated. Our faith and our declaration (giving it the second mouth) is what activates it in the earth.
Let’s get with the Kingdom program.
For a deeper teaching on this you can order a CD or DVD from Crossroads World Outreach Center – date: 4/14/10. Website: www.cwoconline.org.
Entries (RSS)