Pastor's Corner

for Sunday June 26th
“For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” (Heb. 4:12) Writers come and writers go, many writers who once were famous are now dead and forgotten and their works are also forgotten; books that were once best sellers are now out of print, but God’s word will never go out of print because it is alive and active and thus it is relevant to every generation. It is active in that God’s word never remains passive but works on the heart bringing either conviction or inspiring one to noble deeds. You see, within our hearts there is often a mixture of motivations both genuinely spiritual and completely human. And so it is important that we use the bible as a supernatural discerning agent to sort these out and to expose what is of the flesh and what is of God. That’s why reading God’s word can be both exhilarating and uncomfortable, because it gets right to the heart of the matter and exposes what is really in our hearts. If we are not in the right place, God’s word will convict our spirit of this truth. On the other hand, God’s word can affirm that our motives and decisions are true; confirming that we are on the right path. So the word of God energizes us, it fires our passion to be the person God wants us to be. Just as the surgeons knife gives us hope even though it involves pain, because in the hands of the surgeon the knife brings healing so too with God’s word. In the hands of the master surgeon there is great healing as He exposes and removes the deadness of our flesh so that what is of Him may grow.
Pastor Don.