NO WORD FROM GOD IS VOID OF POWER
For with God nothing shall be impossible
(Luke 1:37).
Our opening verse has a greater and far more
profound meaning than how the King James
translation puts it. What the verse really means is
captured in the American Standard Version. It says,
“For no word from God shall be void of power”; that’s
coming from the actual Greek rendering.
When someone gives you a piece of information,
and you want to report it, you’d probably say, “He told
me something,” not, “He told me words,” even though
he spoke words to you. In the same way, if you made a
statement and someone wants to know what you just
said, in Greek, it’d be, “What ‘thing’ did you say?”
This perhaps explains why the translators had
difficulty rendering Luke 1:37 accurately. Words are
things. Every time God speaks, anything He says is
loaded with power. His words are never empty. That’s
why when His Word comes to you, you must take a
hold of it and act upon it. God’s Word has in it the
power to produce in and for you the message it carries;
it has the power to translate the message into reality.
Therefore, your response to the Word at all times
should be like Mary’s: “…be it unto me according to
thy word...” (Luke 1:38). Mary trusted the Word, the
message that the angel brought to her; she believed
and responded, and it worked. Your response to
the Word is important. No Word from God is void
of power, yes! But that power is activated by your
response.
For example, the Lord told us at the beginning
of the year that it’s “our year of the supernatural”;
the Word has gone out in the spirit-realm. Your
responsibility is to take a hold of it and say, “I’m going
to experience and manifest the supernatural, like never
before,” because “...he hath said…So that we may
boldly say…” (Hebrews 13:5-6); that’s the principle!
That’s how you activate the power of the Word and
make it living and active in your life.
Prayer
Dear Father, thank you for your Word, which is my
sure and firm foundation; upon it I rest secure and
immovable, strengthened, rooted and grounded. I
hold fast to your Word, for it’s absolutely trustworthy
and established in my life. Thank you, for the reality
of your ever-dependable Word in my life, in Jesus’
Name. Amen.
Further study:
Isaiah 55:10-11; Acts 20:32; Mark 11:23
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 9:18-36 & Joshua 13-15
2-YEAR BIBLEREADING PLAN
Romans 6:111 & Psalm 105