The word of the Lord

The word of the Lord

This is what the Lord says... Jeremiah 2:5 NIV

Man cannot survive on bread alone, but by every word that comes from the Lord (Matthew 4:4). As believers, I think we have to make it a priority to make our entire lives, all of our opinions and thoughts subject to the word of God. If we only offer God our souls, but hold back our bodies and minds, have we truly given all to Him? Think of the thing most dear in your heart... if that person, place or thing is more important than God, then you are unfit for His kingdom (Matthew 10:37/Luke 9:62). God never settles for some, He wants the whole.

Believe me when I say that the opinions of this world will attempt to crowd God right out of your mind. And this is where we must guard ourselves at all costs. We don't (or can't) live on what the world says, rather, we live by what the Lord says because that is where light, understanding and life reside. Is it possible to harbor both the world's ideas and God's words and still remain obedient to God? My guess is that if we tried to meld the words of the world with the word of God, we would find ourselves constantly tossed hitherto, wishy-washy in our convictions (James 1:8) and fairly useless to God and quite possibly living completely against Him.

If we compromise on the word of God for any friend, family or loved one, doesn't that sort of void out the rest of the scripture in people's minds and in our own lives? If we compromise any part of the word, then inevitably people will try to compromise on Christ. But there is no other name given by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). There is no compromising Christ. We must study God's whole word and let Him write the same word in our hearts and in our minds (Hebrews 8:10) so that we will be capable of living it. Without the word of the lord, we’re lost. But with the Word, there is abundant life!