The 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 .
Praising God that he gives us the words to say when we need them. Stopping by From Reflect. Be blessed!
Grateful that the words He gives us accomplish His purposes. Grateful you stopped here!
Well put, I very much enjoyed reading your post! Blessings to you my sister. ;))
Thank you so much for your encouragement. It meant much!
” . . .For they will be His words.”
This is so often the prayer of my heart when I’m wordless. And I’m aware that my own wisdom — my own scraped up from the bottom words — are so often inadequate. We do need to fill our hearts and minds with the truth of Scripture, and then give our minutes to pondering the truth. Thanks for your always-thoughtful posts.
Michele, you are so right. I can think of many times when words were absent. When I just did not know what to say in response to another person. There have been many times, I have had to respond that I would pray about it & get back to them. And I was so glad I did 🙂 You always bless me!
Great quote from Matthew Henry. I enjoyed reading your post. Visiting from #testimonytuesday.
I love Matthew Henry. Much wisdom to be found in his words 🙂
Beautiful. I’ve said often lately that Words.are.not.CHEAP … both for those giving them and for those receiving them. And of course, when they are based in THE WORD, they can carry divine power to encourage and remind others of truth. Thank you for this! Visiting from Reflect.
Great point, Christi. May we value to cost of words.
Thank you for the reminders! I enjoyed the post. Stopping by from Rich Faith Rising.
So glad you did!
Joanne, what a beautiful encouraging word. Love the quote by Matthew Henry, especially to “do the work of the day in its day.” We need His Word poured into us each day so we can overflow Him into our day. Thank you, Joanne, for sharing your heart at #IntentionalTuesday on Intentionally Pursuing. : )
I love Matthew Henry. There is so much wisdom to be found in his commentary.
God’s word is sweet as honey comb and is fresh manna daily as we enjoy chewing (meditating) on his words. It is good to have a trusted commentary to help open up the scriptures to us. Thank you for sharing with us here at Tell me a Story.
Hazel, that is so it – a trusted commentary. There is such comfort and knowledge we can draw from when we trust the source. And I so learn from Matthew Henry. Blessings!
joanne, this reminds me of when my sons would have tests in high school and be all worried and say, “Pray for me, Mom”. I would always pray the same prayer and they knew it “Lord, bring to mind everything they have already studied and help them to remember.” If they hadn’t studied then it was going to be tough 🙂 I agree with you, the Lord WILL put words in our mouth at just the right time in answer to someone’s need. So awesome the way He does that. He will bring scripture to mind that we didn’t think we even knew! Wonderful words today ♥
Nannette, you prayed exactly the same words as I did 🙂 So grateful He fills our mouths with His Words as we need. I love that you can tie in parenting experiences for us all to learn from. Blessings to you today!