Without (The Word of) God...

This morning I wasn't sure what today's poem would/should be about

till I open God's Word. An inexhaustible wellspring 

of awe and exhortation, 

of love's truth and grace!

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

John 17:17

Blessed is the man

Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,

Nor stands in the path of sinners,

Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

2But his delight is in the law of the Lord,

And in His law he [b]meditates day and night.

Psalm 1:1-2

My soul faints for Your salvation,

But I hope in Your word.

Psalm 119:81

Forever, O Lord,

Your word [n]is settled in heaven.

90Your faithfulness endures to all generations;

Psalm 119:89-90

John 1:1-5

Without the word of God we are so ill-equipped to face

This day that He has made where hope and pitfalls interlace

The Giver of each good and perfect gift of grace appears

Upon each page; He is The Word which guides, instructs and cheers

Then, how the humble heart applauds the gospel we confess

As we are reconciled to God, and clothed in righteousness

‘Old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new’

Through He who became sin for us though not one sin He knew

When on the altar of the cross His life He sacrificed

So that we might become heirs and joint-heirs of Jesus Christ

Without the Word of God we do not think the things we should

As human nature silences what is pure, noble, good

Opinionated logic becomes wise in its own eyes

Without the counsel of God’s Word to proclaim, fend, advise

Without His lamp unto our feet and light unto our path

We cannot see where we should walk, led by his rod and staff

Nor feel the shadow of his wing cover us with his care

Nor hear his whisper when life’s sting and slight is hard to bear

Nor know Him as a Teacher, Comforter, Shepherd and Friend

Without His word to edify, sanctify and commend

Without the word of God we are like blind leading the blind

Impossible to love Him with all heart, soul, strength and mind

Without his Word. He IS The Word; the Way, the Truth, The Life

Sharper than a double-edged sword; His word is like a knife

It penetrates the soul and spirit; judges attitude

It is the blade by which the subtil serpent is subdued

It is the seed that falls oh, pray it falls on fertile sod

It is the law of  Love, the gospel by which faith is shod

Then, pray,  we do not face today unarmed, without God’s Word

Lest unaware we fall away from that which we had heard

Without the Word of God we miss the glory of the Lord

The power of his might, severed relationship restored

The healing touch from heaven to the heart and soul of we

Who are so very broken; we miss divine majesty

The wonder where earth thunders with His ways past finding out

The peace that passes understanding's plagues of fear and doubt

We miss out on the living bread and water, pure and sweet

We miss out on the fellowship of sitting at His feet

We miss out on the mustard seed of faith that makes us whole

We miss darling communion with the Saviour of the Soul

 

© Janet Martin

Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

Psalm 119:105

Jeremiah 23:29

"Is not My word like fire," declares the LORD,

"and like a hammer that smashes a rock?"

John 12:48

There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words:

The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

Heb.4:11-13

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, 

so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

 12For the word of God is living and active.

Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit,

joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 

13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; 

everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes

 of Him to whom we must give account.…