Power, to the Word, in the Word, is the Word

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from him nothing came into being that has come into being.” John 1:1-3

There is great power in the Word of God, what is often not mentioned when God’s powerful word is spoken of id this; as written in the book of John “the Word” is Jesus. If you replace “the Word” with Jesus in John 1:1-3 there is no denying the powerful implications. This is part of the mystery of the trinity.

Lets go back to the beginning, Genesis 1:3, “Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.” Hold on just on second, God said. God spoke with words… and light came into being, he then goes on to separate the light from the darkness. With words God created the heavens and the earth, created light, wow! If Jesus is the Word, and all things were made through him, by God. That makes me think twice about something we do every day, speak, with words.

We tend to underestimate the power of our words, they can bless and curse, and as Christians our words have God’s power behind them. Listen to what Jesus says to Peter in the book of Matthew 16:19b, “Whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.” Jesus repeats this in Matthew 18:18, not specifically to Peter but to the disciples. Authority is in our words, with the Holy Spirit living inside of us. Jesus is saying here, that what we say in his name, those words once said, are backed by Him. The words are backed by Jesus the authority on words, after all he is “the Word.” All things came into being through Him, light, the cosmos, us… power in the word.

What this means for our worship?

If we are to worship God in spirit and in truth we have to speak truth. We must choose our words carefully, they carry weight, they can curse and bless. Proverbs 15:2 says, “The tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable (or good), But the mouth of fools spouts folly.” We need to be careful what we say, and only speak truth. We must refrain from spouting folly, or blabbering we might call it. So that when we speak people listen, and care about the words we speak. After all “Let there be light,” was short and sweet and look what that did.

Let me know what you think? This hits home for me, how about you?

Additional random tid bit: Notice it was Genesis 1:3, and John 1:1-3, crazy