Have you ever noticed the transition from the Word of God to God Himself in Hebrews 4? Notice verses 12-13: “The Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.”
It is the living Word of God that reaches down into the conscience of men. There is nothing like it! It penetrates and judges all before it. It carries its own credentials. Men may seek to defend the Word of God, but their puny efforts are not needed. It has stood all the assaults of generations and remains the same living and operative Word of God as before.
His Word has power to touch the inner being of man today even as it had a thousand years ago. It is sharp it cuts.
Sit quietly and read it, allowing it to do its work. If you received a cut with a knife, you would not need further proof of being cut. Just so the Word of God proves itself and brings a person consciously into God’s presence, for behind the Word of God is God!
He is the One with whom we have to do. No human being can escape having to do with the living God. How good it is then to have His Word search us and by its action bring us before Him.
P. Wilson (Christian Truth, 1948, adapted)