USE YOUR SWORD

VERSE: ...And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Eph 6:17

If you read through Eph 6:10-17, you will notice that the only offensive weapon in our armour is the Word of God. So it is God's Word that is going to take us through temptations that the devil puts in our lives.

When Joshua was made leader, the Lord instructed him in Josh 1:8, "This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success." This verse just tells us how important it is read, mediate and apply the Word of God. If that is done, our ways become prosperous and we will have success.

James 1:22 has a strong warning and when I say say strong, it really is. It says, But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. The other word for delude is to "deceive" yourself. So if you don't apply the Word of God in your life, you deceive yourself. This is extremely dangerous.

What can I do now? You can start using your sword by memorising verses in the Bible as it says in Ps 119:1, Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You. Deut 11:18 also illustrates the same thing, "You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead." Once you mediate on it and memorize them, start applying them in your life, you will start seeing changes in your life!

THOUGHT: Are you deceiving yourself in the use of the sword?

All verses have been quoted from the New American Standard Bible, Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

Life 'Users’ Manual'

VERSE: All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
2 Tim 3:16, 17

The Word of God is there for us so that the man of God may be adequate and equipped for every good work. Oh! How true! The Word becomes like our ‘Life Users’ Manual’.

When we buy a new electronic gadget, we always look up the users’ manual on instructions on how to operate the gadget. When we run into trouble running the gadget, we look at the troubleshooting instructions in the manual. Similarly, the Word was designed to be our ‘Life User Manual’ on how to run our lives pleasing the Creator. We never doubt the manual; we believe the manual and operate the gadget accordingly. Ain’t that true?

As soon as you start operating your gadget in the way it is not supposed to be, it will soon need a repair. Maybe your life has been operated in a way which it wasn’t supposed to have been operated. The Users’ Manual, the Word of God has a remedy for that. You can give your life to the Lord today and that decision can change the way you operate your life. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life”. He not only promises us eternal life but a life in Him.

THOUGHT: Do we question the Life 'Users’ Manual' when it was designed by our Creator for us?

All verses have been quoted from the New American Standard Bible, Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.