A good thing …
The nature and purpose of God’s word is to prepare me to meet God now.
- God’s word is alive and working and is sharper than a double-edged sword. It cuts all the way into us, where the soul and the spirit are joined, to the center of our joints and bones. And it judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts. Nothing in all the world can be hidden from God. Everything is clear and lies open before him, and to him we must explain the way we have lived (Hebrews 4:12-13 NCV).
Welcoming the Surgeon’s scalpel …
So each of us should ask — Do I approach God’s word as something alive? Am I looking for God to cut inside me with his word to help me understand what is going on inside?
God’s word is alive and can penetrate my spiritual insides. God’s word can help me sift through and judge the thoughts and purposes of my heart. The Holy Spirit can use these penetrating words to expose me to me before God.
The freedom of full disclosure …
As verse thirteen explains, nothing can be hidden from God and one day we will all have to explain our lives to him. The great blessing is that the word of God can empower me to face my life and bring it before God now. If I will allow the words of God to cut into my life now and if I open myself up to the light of God, Satan will no longer be able to make his dark threats because I am now in the process of full-disclosure. I know my High Priest understands my weaknesses, and I hold on to my confession of faith and move with boldness to the throne of grace to find mercy and grace to help in my time of need. So much in these verses. Amen and amen!
No need to hide my life from God …
The absolutely great news is that I do not have to hide any part of my life from God. The living, powerful word of God opens me up, penetrates the deepest, darkest places of my life and prepares me for mercy and grace. No one needs to hide from God. Ever!
(Excerpt from Living by the Words of God by David Lee Scott © 2004 by David Lee Scott. All rights reserved, pp. 60.)
