LIVING BY THE WORD OF GOD
posted by Osax at 20:30:12 30.10.2014 Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. (Matt. 4:4) Did you notice it says every word, not just a few words or favourite words and proceeds not proceeded? We must live by every Word that proceeds from God"s mouth. What does it mean to live by the Word of God? I suppose it means, among other things, having one"s life regulated, controlled and sustained by the Word of God. It means lining up your life with the Word of God. Somebody said, faith isn"t faith until it affects your daily thinking, speaking and conduct.
Living by every Word of God is, acting on it in spite of contrary evidence or what others might be saying. For example, God told Noah to build an ark when it had never rained before and he did it. (Gen. 6:14) Faith is having your life sustained by God"s Word. Peter walked on water because Jesus asked him to come. That word sustained Peter"s weight on the water until he began to doubt and be afraid. (Matt. 14:28-31) Abraham left his country, his family and his father"s house to go to an unknown land because God said so. And that Word sustained him all through! Elijah was told by God to go to the brook Cherith and then to the Widow in Zarephath and he was sustained throughout the famine period. (1 Kings 17:8-15)
If you would live by every word that that proceeds out of God"s mouth, you will have food on your table, money in your pocket and your future will be guaranteed! You can literally live by the Word God speaks to you. Jesus demonstrated during the temptations, that His life was regulated and controlled by Gods Word. He showed that the Word of God was the final authority in His life. He said repeatedly to the devil, It is written (Matt. 4:4,7,10). The Word of God created such a boundary around His life, which Jesus wasn"t going to cross even when He was hungry! The Bible says where there is no vision the people perish (Pr. 29:18 KJV) or the people cast off restraint (NKJV) or they run wild (NLT). The life of faith is a disciplined lifestyle.
Wisdom Key: If you would live by every word that that proceeds out of God"s mouth, you will have food on your table, money in your pocket and your future will be guaranteed!
Memory Verse: “Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers. And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord." (Deut. 8:1-3)
Personal Application: We need to confront everything in our lives that hinders us from coming into alignment with the Word of God. It includes confronting certain mindsets we have and belief systems that we have imbibed.
