Fellowshipping The Word
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any
thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new
testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the
letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life
(2 Corinthians 3:5-6).
The Word of God is spirit and life; it’s more
than letters: “Who also hath made us able
ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but
of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth
life” (2 Corinthians 3:6). Jesus said, “It is the spirit that
quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words
that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are
life” (John 6:63). The Word builds, lifts, and transforms
us from glory to glory. It’s the reason we emphasize
meditating on the Word of God.
God wants you to meditate on the Word, because
He knows that as you do, it’ll get into your spirit and
become personal to you. It’ll become “rhema” to you,
which is God’s specific Word to you, at a specific
time, for a specific purpose. As you study or listen to
God’s Word, there’s a stirring in your spirit to speak
forth words on the basis of what you’re studying or
being taught; don’t suppress it. Speak forth. That’s the
“rhema-word” you need when it comes to spiritual
battles.
When you hear the Word, it’s God talking to you,
and He always wants you to respond. That’s how to
fellowship the Word. Fellowshipping with the Word has
to do with your response to the Word. Some Christians
don’t realize they have to respond to the Word; they
study the Word of God as though they’re reading a
newspaper or a story book; no! You must fellowship
the Word. That’s where the glory is!
Until you fellowship God’s Word, the Word will
be a “stranger” to you. Who is the Word? The Bible
says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. The same was
in the beginning with God. All things were made by
him; and without him was not anything made that
was made” (John 1:1-3). The Word is a person; notice
the pronoun “Him” in the verse above; His Name is
Jesus! He’s the incarnate Word; the Word tabernacled
in human flesh.
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for giving me your Word to live
by. Your Word is the light that guides me, and illuminates my
path; I’ll never walk in darkness. As I study the Word and respond
to the Word, it produces results in my life, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Study
Acts 20:32; Hebrews 13:5-6; 2 Timothy 3:16-17
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Exodus 18-19
Matthew 21:1-32
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Acts 13:42-52
Job 30-31