Joel 4:12-21
Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12
Luke 11:27-28
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WORD IN, WORD OUT
"Blest are they who hear the word of God and keep it." —Luke 11:28
God speaks and the Word that proceeds from His mouth accomplishes things: creation, miracles, conversions, and much more. God’s Word is alive and pierces hearts (Heb 4:12). God’s Word accomplishes its purposes (see Is 55:11).
Our words also accomplish things. Our words come from the recesses of our hearts and have power to work good or evil. They build people up or tear them apart. With our words, we can sow justice, peace, love, generosity, compassion, forgiveness, and encouragement. Alternatively, with our words we can sow bad fruit such as bitterness, fury, condemnation, and unforgiveness. “A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil. Each man speaks from his heart’s abundance” (Lk 6:45).
Since our words come from our heart, we must allow the Lord to purify our heart to bear the good fruit He expects (see Jn 15:8, 16). The Word of God is the perfect heart-cleansing agent (see Jn 15:3). Our challenge, then, is to regularly fill our heart with the Word of God and thereby give our heart a daily bath in God’s Word (Eph 5:26). Our native language will then become “Scripture” and our words will produce much good fruit. Thus we will be able to “hear the word of God and keep it” (Lk 11:28).
Prayer: Father, fill me with an ever-deepening desire to make Your Word my home (Jn 8:31). Teach me "what to say and how to speak" (Jn 12:49).
Promise: Be glad in the Lord, you just, and give thanks to His holy name." —Ps 97:12
Praise: Pope St. John XXIII is credited with saving the lives of many Jews while serving as archbishop in Greece during World War II.
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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