For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”
The Word is NOT Empty
The above verse is taken at the very end of a song that Moses composed. It is a portion of God’s Word. The song was written by Moses as one last word to the nation of Israel before they entered the promise land. The song is filled with history (where did they come from), with promises (what can they rely upon), and with warnings (what happens if they don’t obey God’s word). Moses makes a bold statement in the last line of this song: “For it is no empty word for you ...”. God’s word is not “empty.” God’s Word has power and is to be obeyed, faithfully.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV Strong's)
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Hebrews 4:12-13 (ESV Strong's)
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Psalms 119:105 (ESV Strong's)
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
God’s Word is the source of what we need in life. It is not empty. When we lack faith it is God’s word that provides it:
Romans 10:17 (ESV Strong's)
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Faith comes from hearing God’s Word. When we lack faith it is reading God’s Word over and over that emboldens our faith. When we read God’s promises and about how God keeps His promises we come to believe, by faith, that God will keep His promises in our lives, as well. God’s Word is not empty.
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