{"id":4889,"date":"2014-03-28T11:14:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T11:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=4889"},"modified":"2014-03-28T11:14:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T11:14:45","slug":"the-word-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=4889","title":{"rendered":"THE WORD ENCOUNTER"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE:<\/b> No man hears God indeed and doubts Him. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah 1<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Jeremiah encountered the word: Jeremiah 1:4-5 recorded, \u201cThen the word of the Lord came to me, saying: \u201cBefore I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.\u201d <\/i><\/b>Before Jeremiah could become what the Lord wanted him to be he had an encounter with the word of God which located him. The word which went to him built him up for God\u2019s assignment. The same word that identified and called Jeremiah out informed him what he was before he was born. The word of God caused him to begin to see from where he could not see. The word of God prepared him and positioned him into the center of his divine assignment. The Bible documents the word which built him up into boldness in Jeremiah 1:8 stating, \u201cDo not be afraid of their faces, for I am with you to deliver you\u2026\u201d<\/i><\/b> The word guided Jeremiah to be bold for God\u2019s divine agenda for his life.
\n<\/span>Just like Jeremiah, Ezekiel also encountered the word in Ezekiel 2:1-2, \u201cAnd He said to me, \u201cSon of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/sup>Then the Spirit entered me when He spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard Him who spoke to me.\u201d\u201d <\/i><\/b>No man hears God indeed and doubts Him. Having doubt is the evidence for not been built by the word. Allow the word of God to build you. Before all that was built, Jesus was there in the beginning and there He is forever. Jesus is the Master builder. The same word that brought forth creation is still the same word that is building up those who receive and believe in Him. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is worthy of note that the same word that created everything is there to give more than we can imagine. It is one thing to know and memorize the word; it is different ballgame to meditate and live the word. Knowing and memorizing the word without practicing what the word says is resoundingly an empty practice that accounts to ordinary religion. It is the word which is meditated on that will cause us to observe and do what the word requires, and there\u2019s no substitute for meditating on the word. The word of God is power and the word cannot fail, but man can fail to have the word work for them. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremiah confirmed that the word is food by his testimony: Jeremiah 15:16, \u201cYour words were found, and I ate them\u2026\u201d <\/i><\/b>The word of God cannot be compromised if you desire for the word to build you feed on the word continuously. Just as there is no substitute for food in order to grow physically, so there is no substitute to the word to grow spiritually. <\/span><\/p>\n

Prayer for today:<\/b> Ask for the grace which enables man to engage the word constantly and consistently<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FAITH CAPSULE: No man hears God indeed and doubts Him. Jeremiah 1 Jeremiah encountered the word: Jeremiah 1:4-5 recorded, \u201cThen the word of the Lord came to me, saying: \u201cBefore I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.\u201d Before … Continue reading THE WORD ENCOUNTER<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4890,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions\/4890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}