This week's Truth Keepers for Truth Seekers column brings the message that God has been watching you since you came on earth, before you even entered the earth.
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Just read Psalm 121 and Psalm 139, and you will see there, He has been watching you since you came on earth, before you even entered the earth (Psalm 139) and now He is watching your coming and going all the time (Psalm 121).
He has assigned an angel to each one of us. This Angel always sees the face of our Father who is in heaven. Jesus gives a clear warning to always treat children well, that includes those who are small in size, as well as those who are lower in rank than us. "See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels always see the face of our Father who is in Heaven." Matthew 18:10.
He is watching how we treat His creation, be it children, those who serve us, those who might have a lower position and servants in restaurants.
Ask yourself, do you see each person as a person that is so valuable in God’s eyes, He had to send Jesus to die for them?
That angel is assigned from the womb till the time your time on earth is done, and possibly in eternity IF you have chosen to be where the Father is and what the Father expects of you as His child while you are on earth.
To me, that is a comfort; I got an angel watching over me.
But what else is the Father watching over?
His “Word” to be performed or to be accomplished!
Why? Because His own Son, Jesus Christ IS the Word- In the beginning (of the World) was the Word (Jesus Christ- not a Word you see on a page).
That is all we now understand “word” means. Not so. So then what is it?
(From D. Guzik Commentary) 1. (1-2) The pre-existence of the Word (Logos).
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
A- In the beginning: This refers to the timeless eternity of Gen_1:19 (In the beginning, God created the heavens and earth). John essentially wrote, “When the beginning began, the Word was already there.” The idea is that the Word existed before creation or even time.
i. John makes it clear that the Word is not just the beginning, but it is the beginning of the beginning. He was there in the beginning, before anything was.
ii. Was the Word: “Had the Word a beginning? John says, ‘No: for if we reach back to any beginning, there already was in existence the Word.’ At once it is evident to John’s vision ‘The Word’ is no other than God the self-existent.” (Trench)
iii. “This description is given in order that we may at once grasp a continuous history which runs out of an unmeasured past, and the identity of the person who is subject of that history.” (Dods)
B- In the beginning was the Word: Word translates the ancient Greek word Logos. The idea of the logos had deep and rich roots in both Jewish and Greek thinking.
i. Jewish rabbis often referred to God (especially in His more personal aspects) in terms of His word. They spoke of God Himself as “the word of God.” For example, ancient Hebrew editions of the Old Testament change Exo_19:17 (Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God) to “Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet the word of God.” In the mind of the ancient Jews, the phrase “the word of God” could be used to refer to God Himself.
ii. The Greek philosophers saw the logos as the power that puts sense into the world, making the world orderly instead of chaotic. The logos were the power that set the world in perfect order and kept it going in perfect order. They saw the logos as the “Ultimate Reason” that controlled all things. (Dods, Morris, Barclay, Bruce, and others)
iii. Therefore in this opening, John said to both Jews and Greeks: “For centuries you’ve been talking, thinking, and writing about the Word (the logos). Now I will tell you who He is.” John met both Jews and Greeks where they were at, and explained Jesus in terms they already understood.
iv. “John was using a term which, with various shades of meaning, was in common use everywhere. He could reckon on all men catching his essential meaning.” (Morris)
v. “The word being thus already in use and aiding thoughtful men in their efforts to conceive God’s connection with the world, John takes it and uses us to denote the Revealer of the incomprehensible and invisible God.” (Dods)
c. And the Word was with God, and the Word was God: With this brilliant statement, Jhn_1:1 sets forth one of the most basic foundations of our faith - the Trinity. We can follow John’s logic:
• There is a Being known as the Word.
• This Being is God, because He is eternal (In the beginning).
• This Being is God, because He is plainly called God (the Word was God).
• At the same time, this Being does not encompass all that God is. God the Father is a distinct Person from the Word (the Word was with God). (End of Commentary from David Guzik)
IF Jesus is the Word, meaning a distinct person- that always was and will be, then whatever vocalised word He spoke to us on this earth must be a true Word.
God is watching over those Words to BE performed. Some of those Words Jesus spoke on earth, have already been performed. Others are yet to come to pass.
You can be part of those Words to be performed. But, what are you saying? Do you believe your own words and prayers? Do your words carry importance and power? Yes! However, they can either be negative or positive.
Do you want your positive words to become true? Your prayers? Then watch YOUR Words, your prayers.
God watches over HIS Word to be performed or to be accomplished. Satan watches over all his negative words to be executed.
So if you make statements like: “I will fail” , “I am nothing” , “ I am going to have an accident” , “I can’t do it” , either over yourself or others, you are in essence cursing them or yourself, because now Satan has someone to work with and Satan is just looking for a wagging, slippery tongue to do so. Do not let it be yours!
But the good news is, so does God! IF we watch our words, IF we believe EVERY word we say will come to pass. IF we do not want our words to fall to the ground or be wasted and so are sparing with our words; IF we say what Jesus would say (The Gospels are a good guide!) we have God watching over those words. To do what? To be accomplished through His angels watching over us, who are eager to help come His Word to come to pass. We also got the Holy Spirit helping us and Jesus interceding for us! That is a lot of help!
May your words be words of true power this week. See them come to pass as you WATCH what you are saying. And if you make a slip of the tongue? Apologise to others and the Father and do better next time.
Be blessed as you watch your words this week. And treat every word as if it were a Word of gold!
Blessings
Akhrienuo