Word and Power

Over the past couple of months or so I’ve really been seeking God concerning “church”. People all over the country go to “church” every Sunday and maybe even a midweek service. While in “church” they are fed with the Word of God from the Pastor or the minister speaking, and sadly for many that’s where the buck stops. I’ve been seeking God on this because I know that there has to be more to it, I know that this can’t be it, I know this is not the reason why God called me to be a preacher of His Word; to go and speak a good Word and leave it at that. Deep down in my spirit I know that there is more to being a follower of Christ.

During my time in prayer the other day God spoke to me concerning my inquiry. He told me that the “Kingdom of God is not in word but in power”- I Corinthians 4:20

Its one thing to preach/receive the Word of God but it is meaningless if power is not associated with it. The time for traditional “church” is over, we’re going to either just be receivers of the Word of God or receivers and doers that demonstrate the power of God wherever we go all across the earth.

If you are someone that thinks that God has called them to become a preacher of the gospel; in Ephesians 5:1 it says “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.” As a messenger of the Word of God we are to imitate God in such manners also. Whenever God spoke in the Bible it was always followed by manifested power. God said let there be light, and there was a manifestation of the Word spoken, there was light. God said that Sarah would have a child and sure enough she had a child in her old age. Now the manifested power can be both internal and external, so just don’t always expect to see just one. In Isaiah 55:11 Gods says, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return unto Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

I Thessalonians 1:5
For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.

As we see in the above scriptures, in Isaiah God is saying whatever He speaks WILL prosper (word, then power). The reason why Gods Word never returns to him without prospering or in other terms the reason why His Word is never powerless because it is a faith filled, it is spoken in most certainty and confidence. As the Sons of God (Son meaning Gods offspring, not male or female) we have this same power within us. In order to manifest this power we need to be trained in the right manners of God so that we are responsible stewards of this power; once that occurs we have to make sure that everything Holy Spirit puts in our hearts to speak must be spoken under assurance that it will be fulfilled. Paul was saying in I Thessalonians 1:5 that they spoke the gospel in both word and power because they had much assurance (most certain confidence) in what they were speaking.

Speaking in word and power requires more from those that are bold enough to take that stand. It requires and increased level of faith and the ability to come out of one’s comfort zone. I just sense that some things changing in the Body of Christ and I know that more and more people are also feeling what I’m feeling. We are first hand witnesses of the Sons of God being manifested all over the earth.

Thanks and have a blessed day.

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
http://www.kingdomvizion.org