“By faith [that is, with an inherent trust and enduring confidence in the power, wisdom and goodness of God] we understand that the worlds (universe, ages) were framed and created [formed, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose] by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.”
Hebrews 11:3
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We sometimes tend to believe that we can fulfill God’s requirements in our natural capacity. At times, we think of the Holy Spirit as merely an extra boost — like “nitrous” added to an engine. That would mean the engine could still somehow run on its own, just at a regular pace.
Perhaps we have convinced ourselves that God simply fills the gaps where we fall short — that our walk with Him is partly God and partly us.
But that’s not exactly the case.
A New Life Defined by God’s Word
What we are called to is a completely new life — the God-life. In this life, the boundaries are defined only by the Word of God.
Consider when Jesus told the lame man to pick up his mat and walk. It wasn’t because the man suddenly had the natural ability to walk. It was the power of the Word of God — the same Word that created feet, floors, and the friction that makes walking possible in the first place.
Peter understood something similar when he said:
“Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”
(John 5:2–8)
Implicitly, Peter knew that if Jesus commanded it, the command itself would make walking on water possible.
Peter didn’t step out on his own ability.
He responded to the Word that created water and established the laws of physics.
(Matthew 14:22–33)
There was nothing about Peter that predisposed him to walking on water. That moment was simply the power of the Word of God.
The Word That Gives Life
Consider Lazarus.
Dead beyond imagination — yet still within earshot of the sovereign Word of God.
(John 11:38–44)
God is the one who gives life to the dead and calls the things that do not exist as though they already do.
(Romans 4:17)
The ultimate reality is this: there is a God, and He speaks.
Everything exists and is sustained by His Word.
“Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
Matthew 4:4
It is not a cliché to say that we need the Word of God.
Jesus Himself declared that we are to live by every word that comes from God’s mouth.
(Matthew 4:4; Deuteronomy 8:3)
Think about it — this is how life started in the first place.
Many of our problems come from ignorance of God’s Word. Others come from becoming too familiar with it — treating it as mere text to memorize, dissect, or quote without truly believing it.
What Has God Said About You?
What has God spoken concerning you?
That you are:
- Loved
- Redeemed
- Ransomed and bought with a price
- Forgiven
- Washed clean
- Made new
- Created for good works
- Created in the image of your Father
- Dead to sin and alive to God
- Holy and set apart for His glory
All that is required is a response that acknowledges these truths.
Just like Peter, Mary, Lazarus, Gideon, Abraham, and Sarah, and countless others who lived fully in the calling God had for them.
Yet often, what we respond with instead is doubt and fear:
- What if my old nature still defines me?
- What if God does not come through?
- What if I am not truly healed?
- What if I am not whole?
So instead of trusting God’s Word, we trust what we see.
The Word vs Our Experience
Sometimes we place our experience above the Word of God. We slip into a false reality where God’s Word is no longer sovereign.
We begin to act as though we are the only beings in all of creation not subject to the power of God.
We become like the lame man at the pool of Bethesda — standing right before the Almighty, yet only thinking about what we cannot do.
And indeed, we cannot do anything on our own.
But the One who can do infinitely more than we ask or imagine has come to us for this very reason — to set us free.
“Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than
Ephesians 3:20