Jere 15:16 Your words were found, and I ate them,
And Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart;
For I am called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts.
Jeremiah known as the weeping prophet of the Old Testament was sent to the Southern Kingdom of Judah to warn a crumbling nation. He had a very rough life. He says ,I am called by Your name and when I found Your words I relished on them. This is Christmas, New Year time, a season where people, families meet over banquets and buffet’s, imagine the table full of good food. Jeremiah says his experience was like this when he reads God’s word, it brought him joy and rejoicing in his heart, in other words, God’s word is “soul food”. It transformed him amidst his trials. John1:1 says in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. This means that when we read the Word of God, we are reading, hearing God.
Let us look at the benefits of the word of God: When we face troubles and difficult days we are drained off, do not bother to fix your troubles, dig into the word of God, for God’s word is Spirit and life (John 6:63). When we walk through dark days, God’s word is lamp unto our feet and lights up our path. (Ps.119:105). The Lord says is it not His word like fire and a hammer that breaks a rock? Do you have a rock like issue in your life? Search the word, declare the word over it, that rock will be broken and burnt. (Jer23:29). In fact, the word is a sword used for warfare, believers are in warfare and our sword is the word of God, (Eph6:17) wherein we have victory for sure. The word of God shall not return void says the Lord, it shall do what it has been sent to. (Isaiah55:11).
Our emotional health is dependent on our gut health, the bible says renew your mind with the word of God (Romans12:2) , we must have heard about mind management , 5 steps and 10 steps etc. . but God says this is way better, the word is health to our flesh and strength to our bones (Prov3:8) It’s in the bone marrow that blood cells which are vital for life are created. God said it even before stem cell researchers found it. So, if we are worried, tensed, depressed, sick, the medicine is right there in the word. (Prov4:20-22). Who does not want to be successful and prosperous? The Lord commanded Joshua that this book shall not depart from our mouth and that we shall meditate in it day and night and observe to do as told. (Joshua1:8) This is the key to success and prosperity. Better than any management book in the world. Every scripture is God breathed says 2Tim3:16-17.
Let us breathe in Yahweh which is life and life abundant. Let us dig in like never before into the word of God which is the greatest secret treasures available to us, let Holy Spirit help us to unravel the mystery and take us on a beautiful journey with God in 2023, all in Jesus mighty name!
Sol.Lalitha Menon