Rediscovering the Word

The greatest book ever printed on this earth by all odds, bar none, has been the King James 1611 Authorized Version Holy Bible!

This amazing book of 1611 has gone into over ONE BILLION copies. With about 60,000 books written about it's text; It has been translated into over 800 languages. This book has been printed at a rate of as much as 8 million copies per year.

Before I write anything, I want to establish one important thing. The Bible is the inspired truth without error, even to the very words, and that it is therefore the inspired word of God.

I love the Word! The Bible is a central part of my life. Jesus said that “heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away” (Matthew 24:35). The grass may with and the flower may fade, but the word of God stands forever (Isaiah 40:8)….God’s word is forever settled in heaven (Psalm 119:89). In this “topsy turvy” world we need something stable – the word of God is my stability in this forever changing and unstable world!

I like what Jeremiah said “Thy words were found, and I did eat them” (Jeremiah 15:16). Upon reading this scripture I noticed two things:

1. Jeremiah found the word – He was searching, looking, seeking until he discovered the word. Discovery is more than looking at something, it’s digging deep into it and really looking through, or finding out. It takes time and commitment.


2. Jeremiah ate the word - When we eat food it travels into our stomach and then the acids there melt down the food and it converted into nutrients that benefit our whole body. The same way when we take in God’s word and read, study, memorise. We take it into our minds and then it goes into our hearts; and out of the heart come the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23.

This may all sound a bit “full on” for someone who just reads the Bible every now and then. It may seem a bit “full on” for someone who just ticks the “I read God’s word today” checkbox. However, if you would just take the time to search the scriptures, dig for the nuggets – you will not be disappointed. The word of God is an endless unfolding of the greatness of Jesus Christ! It is an endless gold mine of wealth for life!

Ecclesiastes 8:4 says “Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?”

Where the word of a king is, there is power

• Pharoah spoke and Joseph was elevated
• Saul spoke and Ahimelech was slain
• David spoke and Uriah was killed
• Nebuchadnezzar spoke and 3 Hebrews went to the fire
• Belshazzar spoke and Daniel went to the lions.

Our King spoke and there was creation, there was a incarnation, our King spoke and there was salvation! There is power in the word!

If we get the word of the king in our heart, we have power because where the word of a king is there is power!

When those priests settled the ark into its place in Solomons temple, 1 Kings 8 reminds us that the sacred symbol had been pillaged by heathen hands.

1 Kings 8:9-10
[9] There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
[10] And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
[11] So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

Manna gone, Aarons rod gone…only thing left behind was he tables of stone. Seemingly worthless rocks with writing on them. The word was still there!

The word was enough without the manna and the rod. Why don’t you get into the word!