God's Word

The hardest thing to do can be the one thing that you know, deep down, you are supposed to do. Writing is one of those things for me.  This past week I was challenged to “out” that writing is one of my things. At times that pull to write has felt like it was burning inside of me so hotly, that I truly understood the words of Jeremiah 20:9: “I think to myself, ’I can forget the Lord and no longer speak His name.’ But His word is inside me like a burning fire shut up in my bones. I wear myself out holding it in, but I can’t do it any longer.”  That fire inside of me would set me down at the computer and I would pray that God would just type the words He wants through my fingers. In the small amount of time that it would take for me to pull up a blank document to type on, I would be overcome with the doubt that no one would really want to read anything that I would have to type. And, I would close the laptop and hope that the fire would be extinguished.  But, God is too faithful to ever let that happen.

The past couple of weekends God has allowed me to be a part of a unique ministry to share the Good News of Christ during the Halloween time; coupled with a series of emails this last week, God has stirred the flames that He had lit quite some time ago. And, frankly I am worn out trying to hold it, because I know that God’s Word is the best thing that I can give to anyone. John 1:1 tells us that “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” That Word is Jesus Christ! His Word is Hope for the hopeless and Light in the darkness. God’s Word is Life!