Today we come to the one part of our armour that is not for defence but for attack. The word of God is to be in our hands and we are to use it.
May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands (Psalm 149:6)
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)
We are to remember that God's words are not just marks on a page, carried on the wind of the Spirit they are words that 'do stuff', they work! They might bring conviction, or conversion. They can bring healing and used in the way that Jesus used them (Matthew 4) they can repel lies and keep us from sin.
There is a key issue here: you can't use the word of God if you don't know the word of God. A sword in the hands of someone who's hardly ever held one is more likely to be a hindrance than a help. Get to know your weapon: study it, practise applying it, memorise it, and above all keep it close. You never know when you might need it.
Sheila Bridge
Read the Bible in a year: Proverbs 23:29-24:4, Zephaniah 1:1-3:20, Philippians 1:1-26
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