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JoanneVWordImageLargeThe Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He awakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.”  (Isaiah 50:4, NLT)

To have God’s Word in my heart means more than just being able to quote them or throw them around in response to people’s needs. There must be more in order to be life giving.

Our words will often deliver encouragement to the downtrodden, instruction to the searching, an exhortation to the wayward, and yes, even advice to the confused. And most often this will all take place in the simple, everyday conversations.

And those life giving words come from God alone.

It is a divine equipping which enables us to know how to use our words compassionately to deliver a needed word. Yes, we need to have a knowledge of Scriptures but it is God who will tell us when to speak and what to say so as to strengthen those around us.

There are many we meet each day who need a word to sustain them. They need to hear that which will support them, holding them, or lifting them up from below the weight of their circumstance.

Matthew Henry tells us …

“We need to be awakened morning by morning, as duly as the day returns, to be awakened to do the work of the day in its day. Our case calls for continual fresh supplies of divine grace.”

Continual and fresh supplies received from God Himself as we spend time in His Word.

It is He Himself who teaches us, who wakens our ear to hear from Him.

And then our words will sustain the weary.

For they will be His Words.

 

Today I am joining … Testimony Tuesday and Reflect His Love & Glory and Unite and True Story and RaRa Linkup and Intentional Tuesday .