Living and Active

The Word of God spoken into or over a set of circumstances, or over a person or group of people, can result in an outcome according to God's will. There is power available to us and we discover and release it as we put God's Word in our hearts, minds, mouths, or situations. God calls us to appropriate the resources found in His Word. Psalm 1 says:
1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

There is great power available to us as we study and meditate on the Scriptures.  His Word will provide direction for our lives, and we can expand our wisdom and understanding as we place His Word in our minds and hearts.  When we bring God's Word into a situation, we can experience great power - as we live the Word of God, we find that we can have an impact on the people around us.  I believe that God's Word can even shape our circumstances into conformity with the will of God.

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The Scriptures are more than just words on a page, although our inaction can render them that way. But, as we activate the Word of God, we realize that it comes alive, as Hebrews 4:12 reminds us:
12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Vaughaligan Walwyn is a Houston-based Christian rapper and pastor, who heard from his children - his daughter, Phoenix, who is 8 years old, and his 7-year-old son, Kingston - that another boy was calling them names on the bus.  The Blaze reported on the steps that Walwyn took to try to get the bullying to stop.

The pastor and his wife initially worked with school administrators to remedy the situation, but that did not work - their complaint briefly halted the harassment, but it wasn’t long before it started up again.

Walwyn told told KHOU-TV about his next step: “I prayed about it and God said, ‘You know what? Let’s get this kid a Bible, tell him Jesus loves him and invite him to church."

From a Facebook post that is displayed on The Blaze site, here is what the pastor did:

I realized going on the bus and acting a fool wouldn't be the wise approach. We ended up getting a bible for the young man and I told my kids to give him the bible, let him know Jesus loves him and invite him to church. The kid ended up apologizing to my kids for how he had been treating them. Boy it's something about operating in the love of Christ that gets the job done.

The kids reported that two minutes after the Bible was handed over, the young boy who had been harassing them apologized and hasn’t bothered them since. Phoenix told the TV station, "He just said, ‘Thank you’ and, ‘Sorry for that stuff we did to you.'"

The story was told on Fox and Friends yesterday, according to the pastor's Facebook page.  He goes by the nickname, Von Won.  The hashtag being used is #bibleforabully.

This is a heartwarming story that really can remind us of the power of God's Word.  Hebrews tells us that the Word is living and active - His Word applied to our spirits and minds can change our thinking, and His Word spoken into a situation can change an atmosphere.  In this case, the very presence of a Bible and the expression of giving a Bible to someone who was harassing other children had a transformational effect.

So, we too can think about the injection of the Word of God into a situation.  This can be done in multiple ways.

The physical presence of a Bible can send a clear message about where we stand, and the simple expression of giving a Bible to someone can have a profound effect, as we see in this situation with the Walwyn kids, who also shared the love of Christ with a bully and invited him to church.  I have to admit, these days, with the electronic access we have to the Word of God, people don't carry Bibles like they used to, but what if you had physical possession of a Bible in certain locations or situations - without words, this tangible display of the Word could be a great reminder of the power of God's truth?  

You can also bring the Bible into a situation by carrying it in your mouth.  We can be prepared to speak God's truth in our conversations.  Perhaps when someone comes to you with a problem they are having, you can have God's Word on your tongue to provide reliable truth.  Maybe when a conversation is turning negative, a dose of Scripture can set things back on course.

And the Bible alters the course of a life or a situation when it is spoken to God in prayer.  We are directed to pray according to the will of God - we know that His will is found in His Word.  So we find a Scripture that pertains to a particular request and we pray it - out loud - aligning ourselves with the principles of God's Word.  Believing that the Word is living and active, we recognize that we are praying in line with God in His power when we are praying the Scriptures.