The sound of many waters

Calms the sea in me

The voice that ends the silence

Meets me in my need

Like fireworks

Igniting in my chest

The weight of your glory

The reverence

I'm in awe that you would come to me

In awe that I can hear you speak

Speak to me

1 Thessalonians 2 verse 13 For this reason we also constantly thank God

that when you received the word of God which you heard from us

you accepted it not as the word of mere men but as what it really is

the word of God which is also at work in you who believe

Friends, the word of God is Heaven's intelligence

and to allow the word of God to form your mind

and define your values and create your convictions

is the wisest thing to do

It is foolishness to try to make the word of God according to your thoughts

When you allow God's word to form your mind

define your values and create your convictions

you will certainly live a transformed life

The word of God is not just cerebral

reading and understanding

it is spiritual

it transforms us by feeding us

it doesn't just change our perspective

it gives us the power to walk in obedience

to be doers of the word and not hearers alone

I mean you read, you meditate you confess, you obey

when you meditate on the word of God you start to taste it

because tasting is the experience of it

reading is like gathering the grapes

and meditation is putting it in your mouth

where it truly has the opportunity to nourish you

so stop trying to be wise outside the word of God

that is what is called the foolishness of men

Christ, the living word reveals himself in the written word

and so you don't need an extravagant experience

of a sign or a wonder in that sense

and that shouldn't be more important to you

than the revelation of Jesus Christ

through the Holy Spirit and through the word

in fact, no extravagant experience of a sign or a wonder

is more important than the revelation of Christ

through the Holy Spirit and through the word of God

I'm reminded of the story in Luke 16, verses 27 to 31 in particular

and then he talked about the rich man and Lazarus

and how he cried and said

I mean the rich man cried and said

then I beg you, Father,

send Lazarus to my family

for I have five brothers,

let him want them

so that they would also not come

to this place of torment

and Abraham replied

they have Moses and the prophets

let them listen to them

the rich man wanted a sign

he wanted a wonder

he wanted something more than the word for his family

Abraham's response was look,

they've got Moses and they've got the prophets

so if they do not listen to Moses and the prophets

they will not be convinced

even if someone rises from the dead

the rich man was looking for a sign

because he thought the scriptures were insufficient

the word of God when it is applied

will transform the human heart

and change our affections

have a blessed day friends!